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Blog Entries by Thomas de Zengotita from 10/2005

Genius

| Posted 10.02.2005 | Politics
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I was struck by how little Dylan seems to know how about himself, how superficial and matter-of-fact his understanding of his working life turns out to be.

Little George Gropes for his Blankie

| Posted 10.04.2005 | Politics
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Remember before the Roberts nomination, when I said Little George was going home? (meaning New England, not Texas)? No? Oh, well. I was right. He...

Must See TV -- The Barbara Walters Spina Bifida Benefit "Roast"

| Posted 10.05.2005 | Huffington Post

If someone offers me big bucks I will do a moment-by-moment analysis of this show. It will document a milestone in the history of Western decadence. ...

Ask Miers about Evolution

| Posted 10.11.2005 | Politics
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Hecht says that he knows that Miers is an “originalist” when it comes to the Bible—and that’s how she’ll read the constitution too. “Originalist” sounds like it might mean “literalist.”

Asking Miers about Evolution; Two Responses

| Posted 10.13.2005 | Politics
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Asking Harriet Miers about evolution isn't asking her about religion—it's asking her about science.

Heads Up! A Really Good Reason to Take Another Look at Miers

| Posted 10.15.2005 | Huffington Post

Ann Banks has done some serious research on the religious right and she sent me this message the other day, in response to exchanges about the Miers n...

Context for Sirota's Post on Liberal vs Progressive

| Posted 10.19.2005 | Politics
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Just a little historical background for Dave Sirota's spot on post on the difference between liberal and progressive. His examples are perfect and hi...

Little George Couldn't Find His Blankie So Now...

| Posted 10.24.2005 | Politics
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Powerful, genuinely tough men who made their manipulative way into his administration by flattering him are now glancing aside, stone in their eyes, when he tries to look at them directly. Little George is realizing that he's been had.

So Much for Iraq for Now?

| Posted 10.31.2005 | Politics
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The stakes of the Alito nomination, and of the potential Scooter fallout, are enormous and very real. But the process is pure Show Biz. Meanwhile, back in the Greater Middle East...