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Month: August 2006

Trashing the Wrong Compact

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On August 29, 2006
I'm a little leery of the California compact to give its electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote, not because of principle but because of my distrust of unilateral disarmament. Still, if this is what it takes to undermine the electoral college--and...

Javy

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On August 28, 2006

I'm watching the Athletics-Red Sox game, and I'm wondering when Javy Lopez picked up his reputation for being so bad defensively. I know that everybody has to love Jason Varitek,.

Bummer

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On August 28, 2006
What a depressing ending for Deadwood, not simply in the substance (which, in the last two episodes, was crushing) but also in the sheer incompleteness of the project. Knowing that the program would not be renewed, the producers decided to press on with the original...

Delaware

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On August 28, 2006

In extremely tepid defense of Joe Biden, I don't think he was BOASTING that Delaware was once a slave state; rather, he was pointing out a basic fact about one.

Plan B: Sober Second Thoughts

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On August 28, 2006
My reaction to the decision to make Plan B available over-the-counter to women over the age of 18 was positive. And, in a sense, it still is; the current policy is preferable to the status quo ante. I feel like Stevens in Casey: "The portions...
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