Archive for April 24th, 2007
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
“The Truth is Always More Heroic Than the Hype”
Jessica Lynch testifies today before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
More about the hearing here.
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Wonkiest. “Catfight.” Ever.
Or maybe the most gossipy. Ana Marie Cox and Eric Alterman argue about Time magazine’s columnists. Highlights from the transcript include:
ERIC ALTERMAN: The point I made to John Huey at Walter’s party for—at Jim’s party for Walter …
ANA MARIE COX: I’m just reiterating. The point you made to John Huey at Walter’s party for Jim [...]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Real Cash
To follow up on Kay Steiger’s item at Tapped, it’s worth pointing out that the amount of money women lose to gender inequality is quite a bit higher on a per-person basis than the amounts politicians normally talk about when they promise even generous middle-class tax relief. A full-time year-round female employee whose salary, 10 [...]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Second Day Obama Story
The promised second-day story in The Chicago Sun-Times on Barack Obama’s relationship with a failed real estate developer fails to mention Obama. At all. Instead, we get a straight metro story, and Obama responding to yesterday’s news report in a separate piece. Obama says he did not know that the man, who was one of [...]
