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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/19/2009
Obama's reading list
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OBAMA'S READING LIST.... We're wrapping up a presidency led me a man his own team has described as "not a big reader." Barack Obama is an altogether different kind of leader, and as it turns out, a different kind of...
althouse.blogspot.com - 1/19/2009
"We're wrapping up a presidency led me a man his own team has described as 'not a big reader.'"
— althouse.blogspot.com — And we're reading a post by a blogger — Steve Benen — who is not a big... proof -reader. Let's put aside the issue of whether George Bush is a big reader or not. ( Karl Rove says he is. Richard Clarke said he's not. ) I'd like to talk about the ... (more) "We're wrapping up a presidency led me a man his own ...

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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/21/2009
Video: Obama's 'To Do' List
— politicalnewslive.blogspot.com — Beginning a long day, the White House ordered a review of pending regulations and halted trials at... Guantanamo Bay, reports Bill Plante. (more) Video: Obama's 'To Do' List

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Where To Stop Reading
fablog.ehrensteinland.com - 1/15/2009
Where To Stop Reading
— fablog.ehrensteinland.com — In this case the 13th graph: “Does that absolutely prove he did it? No,” Mr. Garrett said.... With no confession and no trial, he said, “you’re going to be left not getting over the top of the mountain.” Take it away Newsboys! (more) Where To Stop Reading
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"We're wrapping up a presidency led me a man his own team has described as 'not a big reader.'"
Althouse — And we're reading a post by a blogger — Steve Benen — who is not a big proof-reader. Let's put aside the issue of whether George Bush is a big reader or not. (Karl Rove says he is. Richard Clarke said he's not.) I'd like to talk about the front-page NYT article that Benen links to, about what a different kind of reader Barack Obama is. Michiko Kakutani writes: Mr. Obama tends to take a magpie approach to reading — ruminating upon writers’ ideas and picking and choosing those that flesh out his vision of the world or ...

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