If he can make it as awful as it was in Tim Russert’s day, he just might succeed.
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Trying to Learn From Criticism, Even When It’s Misguided or Rude
It’s never easy to get past one’s own defensiveness. But if you want someone to listen to you, invective is the worst way to go about it.Â
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Why It’s So Idiotic to Complain When the President Takes a Vacation
Do people really think that if he were back in Washington, he’d be making decisions they’d be happier with?
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A Question of Character: Craig Shirley’s Scurrilous Attack on Liberal Historian Rick Perlstein
An assault on the character of a progressive intellectual invites an assessment of the attacker’s character—not to mention his client list.
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Robin Williams and the Weight of Being Famous
It’s a wonder more celebrities aren’t driven to despair by it.
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Enough With ‘Raising Awareness’ Already
Any time you see a campaign about “raising awareness,” it probably means next to nothing is actually being accomplished.
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If Having a Foreign Policy Doctrine Is So Important, Why Won’t Hillary Clinton Spell Hers Out?
Unlike her former boss, she thinks it’s important to have one. She just isn’t prepared to say what hers is.
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The New York Times Finally Comes Around on “Torture”
They should never have let the Bush administration dictate which words they could use in the first place.
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Sarah Palin and Modern Political Entrepreneurialism
She’s found a way to get rich while pleasing her fans and performing a public service for the rest of us.Â
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Are the Media Reporting the Gaza War Fairly?
All the skillful propaganda in the world can’t counteract the reality on the ground.
