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The Observatory
Tom Friedman, Oversimplifier
August 11, 2008 06:22 PMOn Sunday, New York Times columnist and centrist Democrat luminary Tom Friedman waxed poetic about all the wonderful energy-related things they do in Europe. Why ever can't we do that stuff here? He wrote about motion-sensitive lights that... Continue reading
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The Kicker
The Ultimate Thursday Styles Story
August 7, 2008 05:55 PMDisplaying another thrilling product from the Department Of Is This Really Journalism?, The New York Times reports that Band-Aids are now, officially, in: Since the adhesive strip has been upgraded by designers like Mr. Herchcovitch or studded... Continue reading
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The Kicker
Solzhenitsyn Remembered
August 4, 2008 05:40 PMBefore the anthrax news, um, hit the fan, the top story everywhere was on the death last night of 89-year-old Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag... Continue reading
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