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Protected: WSJ Reporter in Iraq: “A Raging Barbaric Guerilla War”
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Bush’s Hometown Paper Endorses Kerry
The Lone Star Iconoclast, a weekly based in Crawford, Texas, has endorsed John Kerry for president in a scathing editorial, concluding, “The Iconoclast urges Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead … Continue reading
The “Real” America?
This morning pointed me to a Daily News story in which Mayor Bloomberg described my birthplace, Staten Island, as “more real America, in many senses, than any other part of this city.” Staten Island was a haven for Tories during … Continue reading
They’ve Been Going In and Out Of Style
Almost exactly twenty years ago, Apple published a big insert in Newsweek magazine touting the new Macintosh. My Dad bought one early the following year, and I’ll never forget the singing disk drive (the 400K floppy drives in the very … Continue reading
The Times reported this morning on the U.S. government’s efforts to resist the spread of international folksinging, saying that the deportation of the former Cat Stevens has pissed off the British government, with foreign minister Jack Straw protesting to Colin … Continue reading
A Long Way From Lake Wobegon
Garrison Keillor has a incendiary column at In These Times. It’s an excerpt from his new book: Government of Enron and by Halliburton and for the Southern Baptists is not the same as what Lincoln spoke of. This gang of … Continue reading
Can I Have Your Seat?
What would you do if a young and apparently healthy person asked you this on the train?
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Album != LP
In the last few weeks, I’ve been corrected several times for using the word “album” to refer to a CD. I’ve been told the usage is outdated and/or inaccurate. So given the chance to do some “obsessive research” as well … Continue reading
Protected: Staggering Banality
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