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December 16, 2011
Blog: News Desk
Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
We were friends for more than thirty years, which is a long time but, now that he is gone, seems not nearly long enough. I was rather nervous when I first met him, one...
November 27, 2006
Shouts & Murmurs
Jeeves and W.
SHOUTS & MURMURS casual imagining a conversation between President Bush and his butler, Jeeves... They discuss the Iraq war and the recent Democratic victory in the midterm elections…
November 28, 2005
Shouts & Murmurs
College Essay
SHOUTS & MURMURS spoof of a college application essay… John Donne wrote, “No man is an island.” An excellent statement, but it is also true that “No woman is also an island.”… I have a personal connection to the events of September 11, 2001, for some years ago my uncle by…
October 10, 2005
Shouts & Murmurs
Good Evening and Good Luck
SHOUTS & MURMURS casual of a fictional broadcast from Al Qaeda news show…
May 02, 2005
Shouts & Murmurs
Social Security Reform Made Clear
SHOUTS & MURMURS about complicated explanations of Pres. Bush’s Social Security reform plan. Excerpts a quote from economist Michael Boskin, in the Wall Street Journal. Q: Is President Bush’s proposal to reform Social Security a good thing for older people? A: Utterly. Deferred benefit indexation, when viewed through an actuarial matrix…
October 04, 2004
Shouts & Murmurs
Rules of Engagement
SHOUTS & MURMURS satire describing absurd rules for the upcoming Presidential debates between Sen. John Kerry and President George W. Bush... Candidates shall not wear helmets, padding, girldes, prosthetic devices, or “elevator”-type shoes... Candidates shall at no time insert fingers in their own throats to signify urge to vomit... The…
May 03, 2004
Shouts & Murmurs
Man of Attack
SHOUTS & MURMURS parody of Bob Woodward’s book “Plan of Attack”… Describes Woodward going to the White House to interview George W. Bush. The President had now spent more time with Woodward than he had with all the members of his Cabinet combined. Tells about Bush giving Woodward the nickname Woodpecker…
May 19, 2003
Shouts & Murmurs
John Le Kerry
SHOUTS & MURMURS about Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry’s supposed Frenchness, as examined by Republican Party stalwarts... Cheney explains that his [Cheney’s] name was German-Scots-Irish, with "a touch of Faeroe Islands and Mohican Indian." One ancestor, he said proudly, had fought against the French at Waterloo, while another…
March 26, 2001
Shouts & Murmurs
E Pluribus Aluminum
SHOUTS & MURMURS about Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and his $100 million holdings in Alcoa stock... March 20th: Speaking before the Association of Wealthy White Male Aluminum Executives today, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill declared that the United States should base its currency on the aluminum standard… April 12th headline, the Times…
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