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(sparkling the season of my mind) For your consideration: another curious collection of thoughts, reactions, and observations that didn’t make it into a full-length post this week... • First, a Programming Note: Part 4 of the Let’s Talk About the Students So We Don’t Have to Talk...
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Just kidding. The only thing I have to say about Sarah Palin today is that she is in the news. I am a newsman. That is why I have been writing about her the last couple of days. It's not because I am in some circle of hell with Maureen Dowd, as mugsy puts it, or loving her or hating her in an emotional...
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With apologies to myreply and other Reg-ulators whose comments often take me to task in this blog, a nasty job but somebody has got to do it, I return today to the gal of the hour, Sarah Palin. First a diversionary explanation: I took an instant dislike to the new Newsweek from the moment it came out...
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Today is the day that Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" is being released. It is probably too late to say: "Axeman, spare that tree." My only regret is that it doesn't cost more. I figure that most people will buy it just to irritate people like me. Not that I am irritated...
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According to ancient lore, mariners used to be lured to their doom by voluptuous mermaids whose charms were such that ships would be steered carelessly onto the rocks. Sarah Palin, ex-governor of Alaska and running mate of Sen. John McCain, whose own ship ended up on the presidential rocks, serves such...
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See what you missed: I debated Ruth Ann Dailey today about the general election on PG+. I hope you will not take pleasure in the fact that Jack Kelly is ill. He has had a gall bladder problem. I have always said he has a lot of gall - and it turns out that I may have been right. Anyway, Jack is likely...
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(rocking the boats of my mind) For your consideration: another curious collection of thoughts, reactions, and observations that didn’t make it into a full-length post this week... • Now that The Great Backyard Beer Summit has finally taken place, perhaps we can all go back to paying attention...
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My column this morning has been a roller-coaster ride. By my standards, the reaction was huge (by my colleague Tony Norman's standards it was probably just another day at the office. Am I jealous? Yes). I get alternating messages via e-mail or phone - "you are great," "you are a jerk...
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I am a not-very-involved member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists but my fellow PG columnist Samantha Bennett is the organization's much-involved president. Indeed, her latest column concerns how much drinking is involved. Given the party atmosphere, it is a wonder that I am not involved...
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As I wrote in my column on Wednesday , in warning the Democrats not to become too cocky after their victory in the presidential election, "Every victory brings the seeds of a future defeat." The corollary, however, applies to the Republicans: "Every defeat brings the seeds of a future...