A friend sent along some wonderful historic retorts that are well worth dealing out one at a time on these pages over the next few days. Here is Thomas Reed to Henry Clay.
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The Sophistry of the Food Fascists
We laugh at the food police. We are mildly annoyed by them. But they are scary mothers and they need to be engaged and defeated. If someone can tell you how much iced tea you can ingest, he can ultimately enslave you — and he will. Today, New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman weighs […]
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“Between our slowing growth and our unsustainable spending commitments, “the days when lawmakers could give to some Americans without shortchanging others are over; the politics of deciding who loses what, and when and how, is upon us.” In this era, debates will be increasingly zero-sum, bipartisan compromise will be increasingly difficult, and “the rules and […]
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A friend sent along some wonderful historic retorts that are well worth dealing out one at a time on these pages over the next few days. Here is the first.
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Johan Santana‘s no hitter at Citi Field Friday night came as a jolt for more than one reason. The event itself was amazing enough. No Mets pitcher had recorded a no-hitter before Friday’s performance, and the team has had some damn fine pitching throughout its history. But more than that, Santana’s “no-no” (no hits, no runs) reminded us that the Mets turned […]
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http://youtu.be/4kAwDo-ZZYo WARNING: On Tuesday, June 26th a Republican Primary will be held for Congress in most of Northern Westchester and all of Rockland County (NY-17). I am helping Joe Carvin, the Rye Town Supervisor, a successful businessman, and a proven fiscal hawk defeat in that primary a white separatist named Jim Russell who managed to get himself […]
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The most pivotal election in America this year won’t take place in November. Neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney will appear on its ballot. The most important election of 2012 — certainly the most interesting one — is Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall vote in Wisconsin. The eyes of the nation should be riveted. There, in the Badger State, the armies […]
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Mike Bloomberg has been a very good mayor. He is a great philanthropist and a genuine independent in a two-party country. But his zealotry on nanny issues, particularly nanny food issues, threatens to turn him into a national caricature of a rugalach-hating Jewish grandmother. The mayor’s proposal to ban large soft drinks in the city […]
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