Things added in May, 2005
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I was wrong I'll be honest, I predicted France would actually ratify the EU Constitution, and it didn't. Nothing to add but the conventional wisdom - voters of the left AND ...
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"Unleashed" I just saw the new Jet Li movie, and while it was generally excellent, the moment that keeps coming back to me occurs in the heated final battle. Morgan Freeman smashes a flower ...
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He's back (the man behind the blog) Sorry 'bout that. Spent the weekend in Delaware and unexpectedly got hired again at USAT while working on some freelance articles, so I've been busy. Here's ...
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Moviedom I am still, still catching up with the films of 2004, and I saw a new 2005 movie, all in the last few days. Saw - Excellent first 2/3, absolutely irritating final 1/3. ...
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You said the magic word! As Julian put it so well last year, dowdification - grabbing quotes out of context to bash your opponent - was a sorry mainstay of the presidential ...
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Godwin Strikes Back I've heard all the commentary about "Star Wars" as anti-Bush propaganda. I've even seen the MoveOn/"Star Wars" ad. (To imitate Democrats paraphrasing Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "MoveOn, I beg you ...
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Facts? Facts are for communists! Before I tried to parse this whole Patrick Hynes column, I came upon this bit.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans below 125% of ...
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Dean-bashing It's perfectly all right to point out that Howard Dean makes over-the-top statements, but this Robert Novak column holds him to a bizzare standard.He has described the Republican leadership, in various ...
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Factoid heaven I'm always referring to old election results, usually when someone starts arguing that the GOP is destined for a permanent (or multi-decade) majority. But I didn't have a good source for ...