Archive for September 2012
That Eastwood routine again
Like many, I referred to Clint Eastwood’s skit at the Republican National Convention as “bizarre”. In a tweet, I called it a “debacle”. I still hold to those descriptions, but as comedy, it “killed”, as Bill Maher put it. Watching it again (see video above), Eastwood’s routine really had its moments. The use of the […]
This week’s articles of note
“Barack Obama’s new Chicago politics abandon Bill Clinton’s winning coalition,” The Daily Beast, by Joel Kotkin “Inside story of Obama’s struggle to keep Congress from controlling outcome of debt ceiling crisis,” Washington Post, by Bob Woodward [Excerpt from Woodward’s new book, The Price of Politics] “Let’s be friends: two presidents find mutual advantage,” The New […]
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