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Archive for January 9th, 2008

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Take the Cash and Let the Credit Go

I once discovered, on the coffee table of a relative I was visiting, a copy of the Spotlight. A few months later, I was explaining why it pissed me off to a boss. (It was the ebb tide of the dot.com boom. I had a lot of bosses that year.)
“Lots of people have their little [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

More about Ron Paul

By Thoreau
Here’s my basic problem with this: His response has simply been to say that he does not agree with those things, without explaining what actually happened.
No, I’m not looking for a big display of contrition now, and a head rolling now. That would only mean that he’s sorry about getting caught. [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

(Update) Why Did We EVER Give Them the Vote?!

By Mona
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Maureen Dowd’s has-to-be-read-to-be-believed analysis of Wicked Witch Hillary’s (whose candidacy I do not support) win in New Hampshire, and Dowd’s reported reaction among her newsroom colleagues to Teh Hillary Tears, is truly jaw-dropping. I almost never deploy the sexism accusation, having been almost allergic to it my whole adult life; [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Life in print ain’t fair. Deal with it.

By Thoreau
In various comments around the internet people are suggesting that Ron Paul’s association with this newsletter was really quite minor, and he shouldn’t be held accountable for it. It’s just a tangential association, really.
Let me tell you the difference between a tangential association and a very direct association: I’m listed on the [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

We’re Only In It for the Money

Wirkman Virkkala and, er, Eric Dondero on Ron Paul’s “Zappa-tistas.” (Links via Radley Balko.) The stupendous cynicism of the enterprise does not excuse it.
I realize the above is not much to say. I spent last night reading through many of the available PDFs. At some point I may have time to explain why “Jamie Kirchick [...]