Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
The Hillary Hostage Situation
The Post is reporting that it’s over, and — mercifully — peacefully so. And so to the obvious political question: How does this change the race? Certainly it gets Clinton a week of positive and sympathetic coverage, featuring tearful interviews with the young men and women held hostage. But it might also have an effect [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Not Shocking in the Least
The outrage that people are expressing over the presence of questioners with campaign affiliations during the Republican CNN-YouTube debate is depressing. Where has everyone been over the last four years? The idea that average everyday citizens would be able to submit questions to a national political forum without having to compete with the more sharply-worded [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Fact-Checking Rudy G.
The New York Times’s Michael Cooper gets down to business:
In almost every appearance as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, Rudolph W. Giuliani cites a fusillade of statistics and facts to make his arguments about his successes in running New York City and the merits of his views.
Discussing his crime-fighting success as mayor, Mr. [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
A Weak Link
Coming back from St. Thomas, I was asked for my passport in order to re-enter the mainland. Of course, having been under the impression that I did not need my passport to travel to the island, a U.S. territory purchased in 1917 that’s reachable by domestic overseas flight from JFK airport in New York, I [...]
