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...Hornby's name appears on the front cover of the British edition of Moore's novel A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf; 336 pages), her first since Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? in 1994. It's rare that a blurb escapes from its usual station on the back cover of a book, but if Hornby ever called me the best American writer of my generation, I'd tattoo it on my forehead...
...firm working for the German government--aid agency GTZ to build a road in Kunduz, in Afghanistan, and that Jan handed some cash to a Taliban middleman [Sept. 7]. We would like to point out that the project mentioned is not a GTZ project, and no one of that name has ever worked as a subcontractor for us. Neither we nor our partners make any payments to antigovernment groups. All of our projects are monitored very strictly...
President Obama's name won't be on the ballot, but the White House is plunging into the fray for 2010's elections regardless. The President and his top aides have intervened in races in at least half a dozen states, most recently urging unpopular New York Governor David Paterson not to seek re-election. (Paterson still cordially greeted Obama in Albany Sept. 21.) Congressional redistricting in 2010 makes statehouse control key, though some say the politicking looks crass. Former GOP guru Karl Rove called Paterson's treatment by the White House "ham-handed...
...dare tell FlyBy that the name "Honey Butter" doesn't ring a bell, as it's that gooey gloriousness that explodes all over your mouth and face as you take a bite of a warm slice of whole grain or sourdough bread as you start weekend homework on Sunday...
Here we arrive at the one little fact that makes this particular report different from most of the other anti-Israel biases floating through the ether—and that, of course, is its author’s name. Richard Goldstone, who headed the investigation, is himself a Jew. For some, a Jewish imprimatur emblazoned on an Israeli-criticizing report’s title page lends its contents some instant credibility...