Word: pedanticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As a soon-to-be-graduating senior, the articulation of this pedantic ideal resonates with what I can only describe as a tragic timbre. As I explore that dark abyss known euphemistically as "The Real World," I cannot help but feel dangerously ill-prepared. Sure, ostensibly I have an ample...
Despite Bush's dependence on Rove, the Governor's patience with his guru can be strained. "The Governor's life with Karl is one of continually trying to control his exuberance," says a campaign source. Rove concedes that Bush likes to tease him for his pedantic enthusiasms. "I am a...
That's where Gore has always had problems. Someone on his staff once had to tell him, "Sir, people think you clap funny. Put your fingers together." His pedantic style more often enervates than inspires. Last week in Sioux Falls, S.D., he drained the energy from a gymnasium full of...
5 CLOUDSPLITTER Was John Brown, the antislavery revolutionary who led the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., a visionary or a madman? Russell Banks frames this question in fictional form, a furious, sprawling drama narrated by Brown's real-life son Owen. The result is a historical novel...
But rather than All the President's Men, I'm watching a pallid remake of Groundhog Day, the umpteenth reliving of Bill Clinton's worst 24 hours. And unlike Bill Murray, a small-market newscaster who finally gets it right, no one in this drama is changing for the better...