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The New York Times Answer Man

April 22, 2010 Videos

Oh joy of joys – the new Klavan on the Culture from PJTV has arrived.  This week the New York Times Answer Man explains it all for you.  As you know, the Times is the official arbiter of reality so get ready for an adventure in knitting the complex phenomenological fabric of being.  Yeah, I’m [...]

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Media Distortion of the Week

April 7, 2010 politics

I want to be careful here because I do understand there is a scandal of terrible proportions being played out in the  Catholic church and there is some truth in what Peggy Noonan says:  the media actually help the church by exposing what needs exposing.  But Maureen Dowd is simply out of line to declare [...]

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Pass Me A Grapefruit

March 4, 2010 Culture

Remember that famous scene in the old film Public Enemy where Jimmy Cagney shoves a grapefruit into a woman’s face?   It came to mind for some reason when I read this dopey op-ed by Kim Elsesser this morning in the New York Times. Now, normally, I’m so delighted to see the Times put its opinion [...]

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Witness To A Hit?

March 2, 2010 Culture

I don’t read the New York Times much anymore because I find it actually sucks information out of my head, making me less informed than I was when I started.  But I’m in New York, and my hotel leaves it on my doorstep for free…  If I stay here much longer I’ll actually know nothing. [...]

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Silent Victory

January 25, 2010 politics

On Saturday, the United States Marine Corps ended nearly seven years in Iraq.  They left victorious, due to their own valor and to the steely resolve of their former Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush.  Their battle against Islamic terror in the region included the fight for Fallujah, a triumph of martial skill and courage that will [...]

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