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Not Oprah's Book Club: The Tall Book
Not Oprah's Book Club: The Tall Book
Like me, Arianne Cohen is a woman over 6 feet tall who makes her living as a journalist. And dammit, she beat me to writing a book about life in the 99th percentile for height: The Tall Book . (I've blogged about some of my tall-lady experiences before, in response to an article Cohen wrote ...
Steve Driehaus (D-OH) goes undercover for his next town hall/pep rally
Steve Driehaus (D-OH) goes undercover for his next town hall/pep rally
directorblue.blogspot.com — "Blue Dog" Democrat Steve Driehaus ran as a fiscal conservative in 2006 to unseat Republican Steve Chabot... for Ohio's District 1 seat in Congress.After that Oscar-worthy performance, Driehaus washed off the makeup and exposed his true face. He subsequently voted for the trillion-dollar Stimulus ... (more) Steve Driehaus (D-OH) goes undercover for his next town ...
Herenton: I won't run for mayor, will primary Rep. Cohen
briefingroom.thehill.com — Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton says he's sticking with challenging Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) in a primary... and won't run in the special election for the mayor's office he recently vacated. Herenton has been all over the map in recent months, ... (more) Herenton: I won't run for mayor, will primary Rep. Cohen
RSS is Dead, Long Live RSS
outsidethebeltway.com — A discussion that has been going on for a while among the tech bloggers and Twitterati is... the idea that RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is dead. A study published last October found that 78% of U.S. online adults did not use it and only 19% of those who ... (more) RSS is Dead, Long Live RSS
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Endgame
Matthew Yglesias — We never talk about the past anymore: — Dana Goldstein on rubber rooms. — Ann Friedman on tall women. — Immigration reform after Ted Kennedy. — Kennedy and moralistic rhetoric. — Improving the way we measure poverty. — Basketball statistics may be widely fraudulent. — California uber fatman. I never got over my high school-vintage affection for Everclear; this is “So Much for the Afterglow”. ...

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