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historic; inarguable
''Historic'' is a big part of the news. Any claim otherwise is ignorant of American history. Sometimes you're sharp and clear; other times you're so muddled it's difficult to imagine your column issues from the same mind.
Posted to Fighting Words by Ber on November 11, 2008
Hitchens' Obama Problem
I like and admire Hitchens on about three days out of five. Today isn't one of the three. Slate's natural contrariness has been a bit our of hand this election--you'd think that the election was about Obama offending their delicate sensibilities by not being transcendentally, overwhelmingly successful. He's a black man running in a country ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Thomas Picton on September 23, 2008