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...largest in the world, it was originally built as a polo ground for Shah Abbas the Great, a charismatic tyrant who initiated Isfahan's Golden Age in the 16th century with his patronage of the arts. The south side of the square is dominated by the huge Imam Mosque complex, but it's the smaller Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque with its intricately patterned dome that awes visitors into silence. Look up and you may see a shimmering peacock in the center - a visual effect created by sunlight hitting the blue, white, turquoise and yellow tiles...
...events at the governor's mansion and then events at the White House. And then I read a biography of her in 2004 by Ann Gerhart called The Perfect Wife: The Life and Choices of Laura Bush. That reinforced the sense I had that she had led a really complex and interesting life. So I wrote this article for Salon - which I would not have written it if I'd known that I would end up writing this book - that was basically about being a liberal who has this weird admiration for Laura Bush. In that article I said that...
...over the last four weeks - it was the seventh most popular term, accounting for 0.45% of all U.S. Internet searches that contained "Obama" - was "Obama Antichrist." At first I thought it was a response to the McCain campaign ad called "The One," which ridicules Obama for having a messiah complex and which many people thought drew a comparison between Obama and the Antichrist. But an analysis of Internet search data reveals that queries relating to Obama and the Antichrist started as early as January 2008, preceding the McCain video by over seven months...
...common myth is that McCain was caught pressuring federal regulators to ease up on a political benefactor, then sought penance for his sins by leading a crusade to limit the influence of money in politics. But the real story is more complex. Despite all that Keating gave to McCain - $112,000 in campaign contributions, several junkets to his Bahamas estate - McCain never did anything official for Keating. He did attend two meetings with regulators along with the rest of the Keating Five, but he told the regulators that Keating's banks should receive no special treatment. After a long...
...McCain campaign is unapologetic about the tactic, which speaks to the complex ways that McCain has referred to his military service over his career. On the one hand, his time in captivity in Vietnam was clearly the most defining experience of his life, but he has often been hesitant to discuss the experience at length. He has always made clear, including at the start of this presidential run, that he wanted to move beyond the experience, something he has done with great success...