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...horror show in history. As Alex Cockburn, in a frenzy of anticipation (some people do appreciate black comedy), put it, "How I yearn for it! To watch Newt Gingrich...pacing the battlements of moral rectitude will be as heady a tonic as was the French Revolution to young Wordsworth. Bliss it is in this dawn to be alive! It could be as great a carnival of hypocrisy as this nation has ever seen...
...seemed incapable of economizing on his affections for women or on following his wants cautiously. Among the previously unpublished records featured in the book are love letters and poems he sent to Phillips. Byronesque they were not: "I love your knees, their dimples kiss/I love your ways of giving bliss," he wrote...
...purposes, with each claiming half of household income, is the way to do it. That would be fair--but very expensive for the Treasury, and thus unlikely. For now, lovers with similar incomes should take a hard look at the tax bill they would pay for wedded bliss. And those of us already married can use the same numbers as a reminder of the things we do for love...
...quibble with Weir's editing; the movie cops out on greatness with a few truckling reaction shots at the climax. And one can question Niccol's vision of the future of TV: not 500 channels nattering to niche markets but one big show binding the world in the bogus bliss of pink-cheeked Americana. And the idea of a program uninterrupted by commercials (Christof makes his money from product placement and ancillary markets) is nearly as naive as Truman. The show is also pretty tame. Unlike most daytime-drama characters, Truman is a faithful husband who has no evil twin...
...another sign that the market's pendulum of emotions remains firmly balanced, Wall Street's view on the too-hot, too-cold question is as divergent as ever. Merrill Lynch rushed out a report saying profits are in trouble and interest rates must surely decline. Goldman Sachs discerns continued bliss as far as the eye can see. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is convinced that inflation and higher rates are just around the bend. That's all I need to hear. There's enough muscle on both sides of the hinge to keep any momentum from carrying...