Archive for June 13th, 2007
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
The Obama-Rezko Story
I can’t imagine anyone is going to be able to follow the details of this any better than they did Whitewater. Financial stories are inherently confusing and incomprehensible to all but the most sophisticated political consumers. The risk to Barack Obama of the Rezko story persisting doesn’t lie in the allegations themselves, but in the […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
What’s Hot on the Web
The Viral Video Chart tracks the top video clips making the blog rounds.
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
The Critique of Aristotle
Alex Massie points to an item by Linda Hirshman at TNR’s Open University where she writes “The conventional wisdom of course is that Aristotle was a defender of slavery and women’s inferiority and thus disabled from providing wisdom in these emancipated times, an argument that would also eliminate the Declaration of Independence” and asks:
does […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Legality of Consent
A clever lawyer in Florida is arguing that the consent given by two young women filmed by Girls Gone Wild was illegal because they were served alcohol first, and illegally, while they were under 21:
Two Florida women have sued “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis and his film company, alleging a sexually explicit video […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Surprisingly Good
The song “Paris Hilton” by Citizens for a Better America. It’s six months old but more relevant than ever.
