Style Over Substance: Obama Delivers Coronation Peroration, Clarifies Platform
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Barack Obama’s convention speech before 84,000 screaming partisans was high theater. Just getting that many Democrats to cheer in unison is an accomplishment. (Woodstock was the last time this many cheering liberals gathered in one place.) But getting them there without readily accessible pot? Now that’s truly a feat!
Of course, Senator Obama’s speech was more spectacle than substance…
Paris Hilton for President?
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With friends like these, Barack Obama doesn’t need enemies. Ouch!
No Free Lunch, Even for Royalty
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Stephen J. Dubner has a great post today on The New York Times‘ blog:
L. Gordon Crovitz writes in today’s Wall Street Journal about the dispute at the University of Chicago over whether to name its new institute after Milton Friedman. In making the point that the U. of C. strives to be resolutely apolitical, even in the awarding of honors, Crovitz includes this delicious anecdote:
The mayor of Chicago once asked the president of the university to give the visiting Queen of England an honorary degree. “We’re happy to consider it,” was the reputed reply. “Please send copies of her scholarly work.”
Bill Gates’ Retirement Video
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Enjoy this humorous, self-effacing video (with numerous cameos by A-list celebrities) made to celebrate Bill Gates’ retirement:
