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“Nixon’s Nixon” Reviewed
Yesterday the Washington Post reviewed the revival of Russell Lees' two-character play Nixon's Nixon which is running at the Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland, until June 22. (A previous post at TNN linked to an earlier Post article about this production.)...
Obama’s Odd Line
As John Taylor pointed out a couple of days ago, Obama's victory speech had an odd passage: I honor [McCain’s] service, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. It was reminiscent of another speech, from 1962. The speaker had just...
Your Call Is Important To Us Please Stay On The Line
My favorite detail from last night's still apparently anti-climactic events in the Obama-Clinton combat is this one from today's New York Post: He tried to call her twice following the speech - but got her voicemail. She finally returned the call as his plane was...
Rosen Reviews “In Nixon’s Web”
In the current issue of the American Spectator (you'll have to go to a bookstore or newsstand, or subscribe to the magazine, to read it, since the print version's contents are not online) Fox News correspondent James Rosen (whose very well-researched and highly...
Getting Wrong with 1968
Evan Thomas is back subtracting from the sum total of human knowledge. A few weeks ago, he declared that nobody in 1966 thought that Richard Nixon would win the 1968 GOP nomination. In fact, Nixon was already the frontrunner. Now Thomas has written on what would...
Mixed Signals
The Associated Press just declared that Sen. Barack Obama has "effectively clinched" the Democratic presidential nomination, based on the wire service's tally of delegates. Still, Sen. Hillary Clinton presses on. A few hours ago the AP reported that she would concede...
Watch What I Do Not What I Say
According to Liz Smith's column today: SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a...
The Barr Factor
Over the weekend, former Rep. Bob Barr managed to wrangle the Libertarian presidential nomination at that party's convention in Denver. In an earlier post I referred to the traditional contentiousness of the Libertarians, and in their usual tradition it took no less...
Young Hillary Clinton
Comedian-actor-writer Jerry O'Connell has produced an amusing video that would have been even more amusing with the aid of a stern editor. But it still has its moments. And here it is (with a tip o' the cap to The Big Lead).
A Young Senator’s Senior Moments
Because its author is Brent Bozell and the venue is Townhall.com, some will dismiss this column as conservative boilerplate.But that would be a mistake. Mr. Bozell's quotes from mainstream sources (Jake Tapper of ABC and Marc Ambinder of Atlantic Monthly) show that...