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Times Columnist William Kristol is 'Not Such a Fan of the Mainstream Media'; Says of Sarah Palin 'I Barely Know Her'
very nice about my columns"
Earlier today, William Kristol was sitting alone by the entrance of Michael's checking his Blackberry. Mr. Kristol was there at the behest of the Independent Film Channel to participate in a panel discussion moderated by Arianna Huffington (and featuring Pete Hamill, Chrisopher Buckley, and Mr. Kristol) to help promote The IFC Media Project, a show which aims to take viewers "behind the news," hosted by former MTV Newsman Gideon Yago.
The room was quickly filling up with eager young journalists, spiral notepads blank and at the ready, digital recorders checked once, twice, and stomachs empty and open. (The invitation called for noon-2:30 p. read more »
A Patio Man For All Seasons: Brooks Resurrects An Archetype
Hey, look who's back! America's old friend, Patio Man. In his New York Times column today, David Brooks offers "Patio Man Revisited," a little check-in with his archetypal (white) suburban everyman whom he introduced to readers in a 2002 two-part story in The Weekly Standard.
Back then—when President Bush's approval rating was at 63% and crude oil was at about $24.00 per barrel—Mr. Brooks wrote:
I don't know if you've ever noticed the expression of a man who is about to buy a first-class barbecue grill. He walks into a Home Depot or Lowe's or one of the other mega hardware complexes and his eyes are glistening with a faraway visionary zeal, like one of those old prophets gazing into the promised land. read more »
Roger Stone and a Spitzer Controversy [updated]
A new Weekly Standard profile of Roger Stone has a suggestive nugget implying that he is still playing a quietly active role in a broad-based anti-Spitzer coalition.
From the story: read more »
Did New Republic Soldier-Writer Recant Grisly War Tales?
Last week, New Republic editor Franklin Foer released a statement detailing the results of an internal investigation of columns written by Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp, who is stationed in Iraq. read more »
New Republic Investigates Its Anonymous Baghdad Correspondent
New Republic editor Franklin Foer tells The New York Times today that the magazine is investigating articles written under the pen name Scott Thomas and billed as the magazine's "Baghdad Diarist."
Three articles have been attributed to Thomas in the magazine since February, describing gruesome events in Iraq from the point of view of an American soldier. read more »
Pro-Life Zealots Ignore Republicans
Brooks: Bubeleh in Paradise
President Bush's Neoconservatives Were Spawned Right Here in N.Y.C., New Home of the Right-Wing Gloat
It's Kristol Clear: Bill's a Hypocrite
On Jury Trials
What McVeigh Was Spared: Prison Barbarism Laid Bare
Capital Pundits Parodied: An Anti-Mensch's Faux Memoirs
Anxiety Amidst Plenty: A Nervous-Making New Economy
Ruling Class Rebels Get Their Boswell
John Podhoretz Leaves Neocon Nest To Play Murdoch's Man in New York
