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The NRA's Emperor Has No Clothes
A Guide to the NRA's Crazy Press Conference on School Violence
Plan B Dies, Prepare to Go Over the Cliff
With the caveat that no one knows anything, not least of all me, it’s very hard to see how we don’t go over the fiscal cliff at this point. READ MORE >>
Obama's First Term Was a Failure for Civil Liberties
“It’s one thing to adopt the euphemisms that suggest we are no longer engaged in a war….Just remember it is a serious step to begin unraveling some of the very policies that have kept our people safe since 9/11.” – Former Vice President Dick Cheney admonishing President Obama, May 2009 READ MORE >>
Editor’s Note: We’ll be running the article recommendations of our friends at TNR Reader each afternoon on The Plank, just in time to print out or save for your commute home. Enjoy! From parcel to package, from jumpsuits to jeans. An English writer learns to speak American. The New York Review of Books | 8 min (2,028 words) READ MORE >>
India Knows How to React to a Horrific Crime: With Angry Protests
JAIPUR, INDIA — A horrific, sadistic crime against the vulnerable shocks a nation. Television stations cover the story 24/7 and newspaper headlines are in bold caps. People talk about little else and all agree this can’t be allowed to happen again. READ MORE >>
Borking Around
Some writers get the stories they deserve. Hunter Thompson got the Angels. Tom Wolfe got the Pranksters. Sy Hersh got My Lai. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein got Watergate. Robert Caro got Moses and LBJ. Kate Boo got Annawadi. I got the Bork tapes. READ MORE >>
