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So when the NBA responds to Abdul-Rauf by arguing that the rule about the anthem does not contain the seeds of a religious or free speech objection--that it is just a rule like any other and must be followed accordingly--they should not be interpreted as making a...
RETIRE?" GEORGE BURNS POSED the rhetorical question to himself during a tribute on his 90th birthday. "I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left." He lasted another decade, but by the time Burns died last week at 100, his prophecy had in a...
Buchanan's many friends in Washington and the media say he's a sweetheart. To account for the occasional bloodlust in his rhetoric, some of them offer the defense of poetic license. Rhetorical overkill is a professional hazard of Washington punditry, the argument goes, especially the twist-and-shout kind...
The most talented painters among them were Henri, Bellows and Sloan. Glackens turned into a late-blooming Impressionist, and Shinn was essentially an illustrator, while Luks' coarse, rhetorical talent produced a lot of formulaically macho painting leavened only by a few significant works, such as The Wrestlers, 1905.
In reference to Ms. Dunlop's letter (see left), I should like to be absolutely clear that I do not blame the victim of the Tuesday incident for what happened to her. My immediate reaction upon learning of the assault was of concern for the victim and outrage towards the...