Let’s be clear. There is a difference between strategy and tactic. To wit, OED defines tactics as “the art or science of deploying military or naval forces in order of battle, and of performing warlike evolutions and maneuvers.” Strategy, on the other hand, is “the art of a commander-in-chief; the art of projecting and directing the larger military movements and operations of a campaign.” Just saying.
The Kicker — September 26, 2008 09:52 PM
William Safire in tha House
By Julia Ioffe
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Desks
The Audit Business
- The private-equity problem with Romney and GS Technologies Loading up a company with debt to ensure Bain’s own profits
- Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
The Observatory Science
- Evolved for exhibitionism? Wired column makes weak claims about human behavior, psychology
- Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- When a ‘birther’ story comes knocking After congressman’s comments, a Denver TV station doesn’t let go
- Herald’s Caputo dives deep on diverging polls Do other news organizations undermine their credibility when they don’t do the same?
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I was so hoping you would do this today. Thank ye, thank ye. Can we also go to the googles on pre-condition?
(former journalist and current blogger, trying to stay apolitical and struggling with that effort, washwords
Posted by wash words on Sat 27 Sep 2008 at 10:35 PM