What she said in her interview last year was apparently true: Jhumpa Lahiri has been writing short stories again. “Hell-Heaven” was printed in The New Yorker in May. I recommend it.
† From a bad movie that I’m ashamed to admit I paid to see more than once. There wasn’t much for a teenager to do at […]
Posted on October 29th, 2004 by Nils
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While we’re on the subject of the Electoral College, check out 270 to Win. A slick little Flash app lets you play what-if with the presidential election to your heart’s discontent. Not only can you swing each state Elephant or Donkey and see how it all turns out, but you can learn at a glance […]
Posted on October 29th, 2004 by Nils
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Political scientist Judith Best gave a cogent defense of the Electoral College system today on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
Posted on October 27th, 2004 by Nils
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I was incensed, it’s true. The quote that got me blogging today is from Her Majesty Teresa Heinz Kerry.
USA Today: You’d be different from Laura Bush?
Teresa Heinz Kerry: Well, you know, I don’t know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I […]
Posted on October 26th, 2004 by Araceli
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Everybody’s speculating about what it was that President Bush had under his suit jacket during the debates with John Kerry. Since it’s also visible under his T-shirt at the ranch, I’d wager it’s an insulin pump.
Dubya shouldn’t be trying to hide it, though. Diabetes is chic. I think wearing a MiniMed as a Texas-sized belt […]
Posted on October 20th, 2004 by Nils
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I won’t regale you with my Karl Haas impersonation. But give a listen to what’s at the top of my iTunes playlist.†
Jazz-wise, I can’t get enough of Jazz at Oberlin. This is Dave Brubeck’s original quartet at their very best. But don’t just take my word for it; Brubeck himself once said that the early […]
Posted on October 8th, 2004 by Nils
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There was an NPR piece this morning on John Kerry’s religious faith. Frankly, I found it a little bizarre because I’d never before heard Kerry give an indication that he has any.
It was February 4th, 1993. Bill Clinton had been President 15 days. Some 3,000 people filled the banquet room in the Washington Hilton hotel […]
Posted on October 6th, 2004 by Nils
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Wes has a good and balanced summary of the strengths and weaknesses of Bush’s and Kerry’s performances in last Thursday’s presidential debate. He has a lot to say about the linguistic devices used by each candidate and the political strategies that probably informed their use.
I never really thought highly of presidential debates, which, I felt, […]
Posted on October 4th, 2004 by Nils
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