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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Judging Matters Dispassionately
They say love is blind. They say that for a reason. No one figured out why sensible Cynthia married feckless Reginald, or why the fetching Norma Sue married that no-account loser, Billy Bob – or mix and match as you … Continue reading
Fighting the Noble Battle against the Inevitable Stupid
Tuesday, April 29, didn’t seem like a good day for throwing anyone under the bus. The bus probably wasn’t moving. The Washington Post explains why: In every state, the average price of diesel fuel was more than $4 a … Continue reading
The Day of the Locust
The last Monday in April in Los Angeles – in the mid-nineties by noon, blazing sun, and humid – you didn’t want to move. And you saw those dark clouds off to the north now and then. There might be … Continue reading
No Sunday Night Column
Spent the day elsewhere – for a giggle visit the photography site, particularly this page. Commentary will resume Monday.
Posted in Announcements, McCain, Photography
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Those Dread Tales
You’d think someone who has won the Nobel Prize would know a thing or two. Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 – the Swedish Academy said Pinter was “generally regarded as the foremost representative of British … Continue reading
The Overlooked Explosive News Story
With this being an election year and the Democrats locked in one nasty battle over who will run against Gramps McCain, the forgetful and often confused apparent Republican nominee, much of what would normally be big news got buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Notes, Hillary Clinton, McCain, The Law, Uncategorized, Women's Equality
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Obama Takes Paris!
From Our Man in Paris, Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis: Paris, Friday, April 25 – Folks here are getting restless. Our president was on TV last night for 90 minutes explaining why reforms take so long in France. … Continue reading
Posted in Obama, Paris, Photography, The International Desk, Uncategorized
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