Monthly Archives: April 2008

Life From Above

4/24/2008 – 1:46 pm

I watched the houses and trees fade as if into a glass of milk as the airplane ascended into the cloud. I watched the whiteness grow brighter and brighter as we climbed through the bank and broke into the sunshine above. Then I turned back to my book, a collection of essays by [...]

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The Luckiest Generation

4/17/2008 – 11:23 am

My father had just celebrated his 14th birthday and was sitting in a movie house in White Plains, New York watching “The Swiss Family Robinson.” The film stopped, the lights came on and a man walked down the aisle. Turning to face the audience, he said in a loud voice, “The war is [...]

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Follow-Up Questions

4/10/2008 – 9:00 am

Before the New Hampshire primary, John McCain had his now-famous colloquy with a voter in which he said he doesn’t care if American troops are in Iraq for 100 years, provided those troops are not getting killed or wounded.
There are a number of Republicans running around now, saying Mr. McCain never said that, but he [...]

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Smackdown! Hilton vs. Yoo!

4/3/2008 – 9:37 am

Let us now bash Paris Hilton. Why not? She’s a vapid, entitled blemish on the face of American culture. Born to wealth and privilege, Ms. Hilton is “famous for being famous,” attracting America’s attention with “reality” shows in which she and ex-friend Nicole Richie attempt, and fail with “hilarious” results, to live [...]

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