Month: September 2014

What Is George Mitchell Up To?

For those who’ve watched his public career over the years, the three-part essay just published by the Boston Globe on the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian standoff, and the importance of...

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Rick Perlstein is Making Sense

The New York Times wouldn’t run Rick Perlstein’s op-ed on the lasting damage from Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon because they said it didn’t make sense to them, but Salon ran it. And...

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Not Enjoying the Ray Rice Controversy

I have a lot of mixed feelings over the Ray Rice matter. First of all, I am really disappointed in Ray Rice. Because he went to Rutgers University in my home state of New Jersey, I always followed Ray Rice. I liked how he played...

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The World Moves and It Swivels and Bops

It’s interesting to reflect on the possibility that the outcome of the baseball season could have some minor impact on the political future of the country. At least, as far as how media buyers devise their strategies, it...

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Chaos in Afghanistan

I understand that Abdullah Abdullah is really named just “Abdullah” but he got tired of the media always asking him for a last name so he became Abdullah Abdullah, which is pretty awesome. In any case, Abdullah...

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