Archive for November 30th, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
“New York is where everyone comes to be forgiven”
That’s the best line in James Cameron Mitchell’s graphic but not sexy new movie, Shortbus, delivered by a character who’s a thinly veiled version of Ed Koch. The scene: a sex club cum performance space cum lounge for “the gifted and challenged” called Shortbus, in honor or the short yellow buses that ferry special needs […]
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
The World as It Is
James Fallows posts one of the most clear-headed, depressing reviews of the state of affairs between America in Iraq that I’ve read yet:
What “winning” now means is some combination of: (a) leaving without appearing to be chased out; (b) leaving without an immediate upsurge in violence; and (c) leaving without al Qaeda-etc trainers quickly filling […]
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
More “She Won’t Run” Wish-Fulfillment
Remember how a couple of months ago Hillary Clinton wasn’t going to run for president if the Democrats retook the Senate because she was going to make a bid to be the first female Senate majority leader and quietly wield power from that position instead of making a big noisy fuss by running for president? […]
