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...such commentator is Stephen J. Greenblatt, a professor of English whose work focuses on Renaissance literature and culture. Greenblatt recently wrote an op-ed for The New York Times in which he compared the Starr report to a work of great literature...
According to Greenblatt, Americans have been comfortable with graphic descriptions of sex in fictional works for many years. But the Starr report marks a first because the acts it exposes are real...
...your mind out of the gutter, Ken Starr. That's the official word from Beijing. China's Office Against Pornography and Illicit Publications on Wednesday banned Chinese-language versions of the independent counsel's report. Copies of the "illicit publication" will be removed from bookstore shelves in order to prevent its salacious details from corrupting China's public morals -- and out of concern not to undermine Beijing's relationship with the White House...
...later this week. Not in terms of the probe itself; Republicans have more than enough votes to make that happen. Rather, it's a question of moral legitimacy: Will 50 or 60 Dems cross the aisle in a show of bipartisanship, as they did for the release of the Starr report? Or will it be no more than a handful, signaling open warfare between the parties and burying comparisons with 1974 once...
...have a battle plan. John Conyers laid out the new strategy more than once Monday: "This is not Watergate," said the Judiciary ranking member. "This is an extramarital affair." The minority party has a new target, too: David Schippers, the chief GOP investigator who is starting to give Ken Starr a run for his money. Despite being touted as a lifelong Democrat and the ultimate bipartisan choice, Schippers arbitrarily dropped, subdivided and renamed Starr's impeachment charges, accused the President of "conspiracy" and made comments so skewed they were struck from the record. If there is a Peter Rodino-style...