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Bullshitter-in-Chief] insisted that the ‘graceful exit’ of American troops, he was missing By the way, the report is already on two best-seller lists. At the moment it’s No. 3 on Amazon. I haven’t read it yet, just the news stories about it. To judge from the first sentence by the study group’s co-chairmen — “There […]

William Phillips, asked me to review Daniel Odier’s Why mention this now? No particular reason, except to note that the utterances that leaked out of the cut-up still seem as pertinent (dated references notwithstanding) as they did then. For example: We have heard children of the Jews on the way to the ovens. What are […]

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“If you’re doin’ business with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. His word isn’t worth shit, not with the Good Lord tellin’ him how to fuck you on the deal.” That excellent advice, offered long ago by William S. Burroughs, puts the Iran’s chief Jew hater in the proper perspective. The […]

Tuvia Tenenbom except what I’ve read. Never met him. Never saw any of his plays. I’m not much of a theatergoer these days. After reading his video posted on YouTube, however, I plan to see Jewish Theater of New York, apparently has a combination of brains and balls rarely found in the world, let alone […]

David Remnick must have taken my sterling advice. (almost entirely online? Next week’s might not be, so get it while it lasts. Postscript: And isn’t it nice to see Eric Alterman’s Pants On Fire, while managing to cop Frank Rich’s

Do I detect the rank smell of condescension in the Joseph C. Wilson IV, who, it so happens, is exactly right about Olbermann and the press). I could go on (and on). For instance, to the tut-tutting about KO’s coverage of celebrities like Tom Cruise, and so forth, but that’s getting too picky. Which is […]

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We’ve been carrying on for a long time about the aaaeulc. In the last month alone we registered so many objections our insults glaze over. (See Rubber Stamps, Pants On Fire and Paul Krugman asked, “Do we have to wait for a constitutional crisis to realize that we’re in danger of becoming a digital-age banana […]

in Baghdad on a surprise visit for Thanksgiving, state-run Iraqiya TV reported. So did Al Arabiya TV. But a U.S. military spokesman said “I’m not confirming or denying he’s here. I’m trying to figure that out.”) The White House He hath reappeared. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

Another must-see broadcast of indelible outrage: Bullshitter-in-Chief. It aired last night. I don’t know whether KO

I try never to miss his Today, however, was an exception. Frank struck the sleep from my eyes by pointing to “the one truly serious story to come out of the election.” Then I had my cup of coffee and read on. According to Frank, the the sermon, on my second cup, I realized that […]

To hell with the voters. BnnRpbilives on. read this. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

An especially strong broadcast from war crimes lawsuit filed today in Germany against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet, General Ricardo Sanchez and other high U.S. officials — see also this star witness in the case, former Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, at left, who headed Abu Ghraib. […]

Is this the when they can’t agree on the paper’s future, then he offers “a personable, funny and intellectually engaged executive.” 2) Hiller is Check your score. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

This blog is beginning to look like an obit column. Last week it was Ed Bradley. His death made the front page at both The New York Times (icon or a It ran on Feb. 6, 1983, in the Sunday edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. This is how it went: Q. My daughter and I […]