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...Christian and conservative Republican, but I can't help hoping that Obama will become our next President. I believe he is wrong about abortion, but he has acknowledged in a refreshingly Socratic way that he can't just dismiss the views of those on the other side. That may be politicking to earn my vote, but if a pro-life Republican ultimately sends us into a third world war with status quo Republican rhetoric, a pro-life position is kind of pointless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 13, 2006 | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...Does the Plame Lawsuit Have a Chance? Analysis: Many legal experts think it won't survive motions to dismiss based on claims of presidential immunity, but it may not be that simple

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't Felons Vote? | 11/1/2006 | See Source »

...marketing book anywhere--and we combed through all of them--that had one sentence about the fact, 'Oh, and by the way, you should give a client a more comfortable seat, pick up their bags at the airport, compliment them on their ties.'" That's why the authors dismiss old think about office demeanor: "'Mean' to us is so last millennium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nice Girls Get Even | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...WISH WE LIVED IN VIRGINIA IF ONLY TO VOTE FOR ALLEN Virginia Senator George Allen finally comes up with ammo against opponent James Webb: icky sex scenes from Webb's novels about the Vietnam War. They're perverted, they're gross, they're ... from a novel. Usually when politicians dismiss an attack as "fiction," they mean true lies, not, well, actual fiction. Then again, when your standard for "credible" is a possible 2008 Allen run for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ana Log: Nov. 6, 2006 | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...Craig does not look like Bruce Springsteen. Craig looks like Randy Newman. Meet Franz Nicolay. Franz is also in The Hold Steady. Franz has a waxed handlebar mustache. Franz’s name is Franz. You were introduced a paragraph ago, and you’re already willing to dismiss Finn and company as losers; as middle-aged men playing air guitar in dive bars, pining for the brawny riffs and throbbing bass lines they knew in their youths; as a band with a dude named Franz. But don’t be hasty. The video for lead single...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Popscreen: The Hold Steady | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

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