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Random Notes

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On May 3, 2006
Game 7 watchin' tonight (NHL Game 7s are about as exciting as anything in sports, but if you have a rooting interest they don't actually provide any pleasure when you're watching them...Well, actually there was no tension at all. The word "fiasco" seems grossly inadequate...)...
As many people have pointed out, Tom Frank's review of Joe Klein is in fact pure gold from beginning to end. I think this is the key to understanding his worldview, and the core of Millionaire Pundit Values more generally:Eventually, though, a discernible order emerges....

Chilling Effect

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On April 30, 2006
The multi-million dollar federal lawsuit filed against blogger Lance Dutson for a post critical of the advertising agency hired by the state of Maine is indeed highly disturbing. As Jarvis points out, the most frightening part of the suit is its allegation that "Dutson also...

En Francais

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On April 28, 2006

Via someone who found the post in question doing a search at google.ca for "should we ban cars" (?), I found out that Canadian Google has a translation function. Finally,.

Neo-Confederate Empty Suit

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On April 27, 2006

Two brief points about Ryan Lizza's terrific article (free with registration) on no-things-can-actually-get-worse GOP frontrunner George Allen, which will undoubtedly generate an enormous amount of discussion: Since there will be.

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