The Hunting of the President.
Here’s James Bowman’s review on a self-righteous film depicting Bill Clinton as a victim of Republican intrigue rather than as a victim of his own imbalanced behavior.

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Labash on Michael Moore.
The finest reporter I know of weighs in on the weighty man’s film in this Standard piece. An awesome job but what else do we expect from Matt Labash?

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Debbie Schlussel.
I forgot all about her and thought she had given up column writing but Cousin Vic informed me the other night that she has her own website and in this week’s column she castigates notable tool Michael Moore.

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This Week With the Swings.
Shane touches on poetry today and even engages in some rather X rated discussion points.

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Escape from Gangsta Island: Chapter One.
I’m including the Word file of my latest chapter from my book here. I just finished it. Two down and another 10 to go. Oh well, life isn’t easy. chap1pen.wps.doc

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EDUCATION
Jeff Jacoby: “If teachers unions in Massachusetts spent as much time trying to improve the large number of public schools they control as they do trying to hurt the minuscule number of charter schools they don’t control, public education in the Bay State would be the pride of the Western world. Alas, quality [...]

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EDUCATION
Jeff Jacoby: “If teachers unions in Massachusetts spent as much time trying to improve the large number of public schools they control as they do trying to hurt the minuscule number of charter schools they don’t control, public education in the Bay State would be the pride of the Western world. Alas, quality [...]

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Bizarro-World
Dear Common-Sense,
Your argument with the young woman that you posted about yesterday reminded me of three similar arguments about Bush and Iraq that I have had, all with women by the way, and all devoid of any basis in fact or history.
I had brunch this morning [...]

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STRAUSS AND THE STRAUSSIANS
Urged on by one of my correspondents, I spent a while last night reading about conservative philosopher Leo Strauss and his followers. I read accounts by various sorts of Straussians and anti-Straussians as a way of deciding if it seemed worthwhile to sit down and read the great man himself. [...]

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STRAUSS AND THE STRAUSSIANS
Urged on by one of my correspondents, I spent a while last night reading about conservative philosopher Leo Strauss and his followers. I read accounts by various sorts of Straussians and anti-Straussians as a way of deciding if it seemed worthwhile to sit down and read the great man himself. [...]

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Saving Private Ryan.
I finally saw this film. It was very good but highly PC in my opinion. First off, I think this is a great movie. Tom Hanks is awesome and so is Tom Sizemore. The production shots are memorable and even, at one point, include a beach scene viewed through [...]

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The “I Love Lesbians” New York Times.
Here’s an incredibly biased and worshipful look at lesbians by the liars in Manhattan. Unintentionally, they let the hag out of the bag as it were in this sentence:
They got themselves up in ironic homage to a form of masculinity that barely exists outside the World Wrestling Entertainment [...]

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Anti-Soviet Triumphalism.
Yes, that’s the way in which some leperous scholars refer to our winning the Cold War. This review is from the guy who wrote a book about the subject called “in denial.” These Marxists have entire lives built on denial. Check out this a–hole:
Carolyn Eisenberg of Hofstra University insists that the [...]

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PURITANISM, SOCIAL CLASS ETC.
Someone commented to me recently that I do not put enough personal stuff on this blog. I mostly just reproduce thoughts from others that I find interesting. So I will remedy that to a very small degree today — by commenting on two recent posts by Keith Burgess-Jackson. Keith [...]

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The Danger Here and Abroad
This morning, as I carpooled to work, Michael Moore was on the Howard Stern Show while a commentator spoke blushingly of him on NPR. (Yes, I sometimes listen to NPR during Howard’s marathon commercial breaks. Believe me, Chicago radio is that bad.) This made my usually reserved passenger gush [...]

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PURITANISM, SOCIAL CLASS ETC.
Someone commented to me recently that I do not put enough personal stuff on this blog. I mostly just reproduce thoughts from others that I find interesting. So I will remedy that to a very small degree today — by commenting on two recent posts by Keith Burgess-Jackson. Keith [...]

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WWII Memorial
Gelena and I hit the WWII memorial last weekend. Click for more pics:

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Legacy
Presumably President Clinton’s 925 page, $35 autobiography is meant to improve his standing now and for posterity but what he did for this country was encapsulated in a conversation I had with a 16 year old daughter of a friend of mine.
Her family is Turkish [...]

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Hey Milwaukee: Raw Sewage and Drinking Water Don’t Mix!
In May, Milwaukee dumped 4.6 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan. That’s a lot of shit. Somehow, Milwaukee is escaping the wrath of the E.P.A. If there was EVER a case for E.P.A. action, this would be it. So why isn’t the E.P.A. [...]

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