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Tag Archives: Weekly Standard
Quote o’ the Day (Clean Gene Edition)
From Matt Labash’s lively Occupy New Hampshire Primary piece in the current Weekly Standard: [A septuagenerian Occupier] puts a nice capper on the evening and, indeed, on the whole New Hampshire primary experience: “It’s like Senator Eugene McCarthy used to say, … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street Mediapalooza
Once around Zuccotti Park, James, and don’t spare the horses: • NPR’s All Things Considered chin-stroker on the media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests • Media Research Center’s protest that “the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks … Continue reading
The GOP Wants . . . Me!
I read the mail today, oh boy . . . The front of the envelope said: DO NOT DESTROY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT Inside was this: SPECIAL NOTICE: You have been selected to represent Republican voters in Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District. Enclosed … Continue reading
Andrew Ferguson Boldly Goes Where None Of Us Want To: 21 Newt Gingrich Books
This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine features some public-service journalism from Weekly Standard senior editor (high keening liberal outcries here) Andrew Ferguson. To wit: What Does Newt Gingrich Know? Let’s consult the literature — all 21 books by the self-proclaimed ideas … Continue reading
The Yin & Yang Of Michele Bachmann
Hey, kids! Want some fun activities for a rainy afternoon? Try this swell game: Compare and contrast (in clear, idiomatic English) 1) the current Weekly Standard’s lover – sorry, cover – story and 2) Matt Taibbi’s snarky (if journalistically suspect) … Continue reading
Un(L)abashed Admiration For Wounded Warriors
The Weekly Standard’s Matt Labash is proudly loutish in many ways (see anything from his Standard piece Down with Facebook! to his regular Ask Matt Labash columns for the Daily Caller), but, man, can he write. Exhibit Umpteen: His latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit, Fallujah, Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, Matt Labash, Warriors and Quiet Waters, Weekly Standard
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David Mamet, As In Gamut (II)
Earlier the hardworking staff noted the gleeful reception conservative publications are giving born-again playwRIGHT David Mamet, who new book is titled The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture. The Weekly Standard and the Wall Street Journal have both lavished … Continue reading
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Tagged David Mamet, New York Times, Talk, The Secret Knowledge, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard
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David Mamet, As In Gamut
Over the past several years, playwright David Mamet – widely considered a flaming (tongued) liberal – has gradually drifted rightward in his political views. (See his 2008 Village Voice piece “Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal.’”) And conservative … Continue reading
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