February 2008

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February 28, 2008

We as a nation face a conundrum heretofore unmet: the propriety of mentioning a presidential candidate’s middle name. The fact that Senator Barack Obama’s middle name is “Hussein” has become another one of those seemingly meaningless bits of trivia to which millions of Americans will pay entirely too much attention this year. Since “Hussein” is [...]

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The Fidel, The.

February 21, 2008

This afternoon I happened to flip on the tube during the Cuba sequence of The Godfather, Part II. In light of recent events, it served as a reminder of how a man of promise and potential can deteriorate into a miserable, twisted buffoon. To think that Pacino used to get Oscar nods… While it’s good that [...]

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Happy St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Day!

February 14, 2008

One of my best friends in college made a ritual of spending Valentine’s Day locked in his dorm room in sheer despondence. He is now quite happily enslaved to his wife. … I recently learned that an old college buddy, Mike, was in a pretty bad wreck a year and a half ago. He was [...]

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