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Kick Start

Turning off the main highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, our minibus taxi is stopped by a police officer at a roadblock. Our driver, a jaunty Zulu-speaking teen sporting a black baseball cap and an ancient plastic armband that might have been a ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  4 Dec 2009

Tough Reid: Is The Majority Leader A Partisan Or Pushover?

Some people keep talismans in their wallets to remind them of those they love: a romantic letter, a set of dog tags, a family picture. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has such a token--but it's to remind him of the people he hates. When I interviewed ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  13 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Harry Reid,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Dick Armey

Bye For Now

I don't know Dan Baum personally, so maybe it's a little odd to be flacking his new book, but I want to flag Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans for Plankers who wonder what happened to the Big Easy after Anderson Cooper and his cameras left town. ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  11 Mar 2009
Related Topics: The New Republic,  Anderson Cooper,  Google Inc.,  Wall Street Journal

Eat Your Own

The organizations say that they are actively seeking out residents in the districts of Reps. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), Baron Hill (D-Ind.), Marion Berry (D-Ark.), and Tim Holden (D-Pa.) who have lost their homes, so they can appear in TV ads asking ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  11 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Brad Ellsworth,  Baron Hill,  Marion Berry,  Tim Holden,  MoveOn.org

"I Am in a Constant State of Despondency"

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! John McCain can piss off.  His incessant yammering about minutiae is tiring.  How about actually working on ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  7 Mar 2009
Related Topics: John McCain,  The New Republic,  Bill Kristol,  Rush Limbaugh,  Karl Rove

Could There Be a New Senate Election in Minnesota?

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! It's only a nightmare if we give Coleman more credence than he deserves. Minnesota has already had an election and ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  6 Mar 2009
Related Topics: The New Republic,  Al Gore

You Think Our Crisis Is Bad?

Mental retardation caused by malnutrition will disqualify about a quarter of potential military conscripts in North Korea, according to a December report by the National Intelligence Council, a research institution that is part of the U.S. intelligence ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  6 Mar 2009
Related Topics: The New Republic

Mixed Sympathy for Rush

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! ...or maybe because they are rotten ideas that the American people decisively voted against? Or because the people ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  3 Mar 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  The New Republic

Join the G.O.P.: It's Just Like the Harvard Lampoon!

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Who wants to hang out with Barack Obama when you could be with Mitch McCon....  Oh wait. Clearly I'd rather hang ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  27 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Robert Reich,  The New Republic,  Barack Obama,  Edward M. Kennedy

Jindal the Therapist

Jindal had a few funny lines, but he too often sounded like a guy trying to calm down an aggravated parrot: sing-songy, every sentence soothingly the same, the delivery totally unmatched to the content. And the mantra "Americans can do anything," ...

From EVE FAIRBANKS, The New Republic,  25 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Ronald Reagan

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