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Entries by Thomas de Zengotita from 06/2007

Another Bush Crony Resigns: They Tried To Do The Right Thing, He Says. So That Means It's OK, Right?

| Posted 06.01.2007 | Huffington Post

Dan Bartlett, White House Communications Director, just resigned after working for Little George for 14 years. He has no regrets. He can look in the...

Will Paris Learn Why The Caged Bird Sings?

| Posted 06.11.2007 | Entertainment

What really makes this an opportunity for her, the one good thing about that tiny cell and the traumatic cutback on social stimulation, is this: she finally has time to think.

Three Fine Movies -- And One Very Interesting One

| Posted 06.17.2007 | Entertainment
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If you are interested in the way popular culture reflects and defines public concerns (and if you aren't, what is your excuse?), see Nancy Drew.

Brit Hume's Lame Laugh

| Posted 06.19.2007 | Media
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Every night he can't control himself in exactly the same way. The giggles and chortles just bust out through his most earnest efforts to remain serious. In exactly the same way. Night after night.

Muslim Veils and British Tolerance

| Posted 06.24.2007 | Politics
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Ok, so there was this ought-to-win a Pulitzer photo on the front page of the NY Times this last friday (6/22). It shows a fully veiled Muslim woman s...

Bush and Mexicans

| Posted 06.25.2007 | Politics
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Progressive critics of Bush need to realize that, in addition to serving the interests of American Empire, he truly believes that he cares for the little people, that he's doing the right thing.

Richard Lugar Floats The Notion; Waiting For John Warner

| Posted 06.26.2007 | Politics
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The Bush plan is clear: leave the next president, of either party, stuck with this situation and force him or her to make it right and leave Little George looking like Harry Truman in the history books

The Conservative Supreme Court Betrays Authentic Conservatism

| Posted 06.28.2007 | Politics
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Justice Roberts' summation of school diversity programs is cute, in a clever, Ivy League score-points-for-the- debate-team sort of way. But it's a complete betrayal of historical and social realities.