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A Surprise: Hitchens Endorses Obama
No comments on A Surprise: Hitchens Endorses ObamaChristopher Hitchens, by far the biggest Iraq War hawk on the nominal Left, has endorsed Obama for President. I have to say I was stunned to see it. Three weeks ago, Hitch’s Slate column was…
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The Allure of Going Nuclear in the Late Innings
Losing the Presidential race has to be even worse than losing the World Series. If you lose the World Series, you at least get to put up a banner proclaiming that you were the League…
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What I Learned from Tonight’s Debate
Senator Obama and Senator McCain are both left-handed. McCain, God bless him, looks older than he is, especially when he walks around. Moderating a debate is a no-win proposition. Brokaw (whom I mostly like) just…
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Bailout Wisdom from Various Sources
Bill Whittle recently had a very painful medical mishap, which inspired him to refer to “the $700 billion kidney stone the economy is trying to pass.” He prescribes some therapeutic pain: Every decision we make…
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Gay Republicans Make Their Peace With Palin
This article is a response to gay friends who have taken issue, quite civilly, with my support of John McCain for President. (Disclaimer: there is a comment on the article from someone named “Kirk,” who…
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Bullish on (Bank of) America
So Merrill Lynch, where I toiled for 12 years, faces the end of nearly a century as a private company. At least it’s not like Lehman, an even-older company that was forced into bankruptcy when…
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McCain Rides the Palin Tide, Part II
For the first time since I’ve been watching it, the electoral-vote.com map is showing a McCain victory, by the narrowest of margins. I put the EV map in my sidebar with the thought that it…
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His & Her Candidates
My lovely wife, the self-taught Web Goddess, supports Obama (as does almost everybody we know in our blue-town/blue-state of Maplewood, New Jersey). I support McCain, primarily on the basis of the Iraq war issue. As…
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So THAT’S Why He Picked Her – What a Speaker!
I take back everything I said or hinted or even thought about Sarah Palin being a drag on the ticket. She did several things she had to do in her speech tonight: She established that…
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Blog in Haste, Repent at Leisure
I’m backing off of my knee-jerk, under-caffeinated early morning “Pull the Plug” post. The secession thing doesn’t look like it’s gaining any traction, it just seemed so weird and out of left field and on…