Month: July 2007
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Annoying Bill & Hillary coverage
The decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to campaign together has prompted a predictable onslaught of annoying press coverage. The New York Times referred to Bill as Hillary’s “helpmate”; the AP broke out “Billary”; and Maureen Dowd has returned to her late-1990s schtick of making up dialogue between them. I don’t know if I can
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Is the Post inconsistent on Alito/Roberts?
Matthew Yglesias and Ezra Klein are upset with the Washington Post editorial page. Here’s Yglesias: The Washington Post endorsed the confirmation of John Roberts. The Washington Post endorsed the confirmation of Samuel Alito. Now, The Washington Post has gone an excoriated the recent spate of 5-4 decisions in which Roberts and Alito, predictably, joined with
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Glenn Beck reads “Mexinol” ad
Media Matters reports on the conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck (who also has a CNN Headline News show) promoting a listener-created satirical ad for a company that makes fuel from the bodies of illegal Mexican immigrants: On the June 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck commented on a mock ad
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Cognitive dissonance on Libby commutation
President Bush’s commutation of Scooter Libby’s prison sentence has unleashed a predictable series of simple-minded reactions. Liberals and Bush opponents are, of course, outraged. Joe Wilson and Atrios (here and here) are claiming that the commutation is “obstruction of justice” — a nonsensical claim on its face (the president’s pardon power is absolute except for
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Nora Ephron’s wacky observations on email
Here’s a quiz — Nora Ephron’s New York Times op-ed about the idiosyncrasies of email (it’s a new medium! I get a lot of spam! I have too many messages in my inbox!), which could been published in 1999, is: (a) A column Ephron submitted to the Times that they held for a decade or
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The latest on Bush’s unpopularity
How bad is the political landscape for President Bush? Really, really bad: No modern president has experienced such a sustained rejection by the American public. Bush’s approval rating slipped below 50 percent in Washington Post-ABC News polls in January 2005 and has not topped that level in the 30 months since. The last president mired
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Daniel Larison on Fred Thompson
Writing at The American Scene, Daniel Larison offers the appropriate response to conservatives’ newfound love for the persona on the unimpressive Fred Thompson: I liked James’ post on Fred. We need only refer to him as Fred from now on. His last name is no longer necessary (and likely to confuse him with Tommy Thompson in