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...must admit that I went a bit stir-crazy in D.C. and stole back to New York for a weekend. While in town I was lucky enough to see a reading at Lincoln Center of William Finn’s A New Brain. Though this work did not enjoy a particularly long NY run, it has had a healthy regional life, and I would love to see it come to a Harvard stage. Its off-Broadway cast is featured on one of my favorite recordings, with Malcolm Gets, best known as Richard on Caroline in the City, but also...
Domestically, much has been made in recent years of biases in the American media that leave the reality falling somewhat short of the ideal of a truly free press. In terms of coverage of China, it seems that much of the news reported in America is designed to stir up the feeling that Beijing represents the antithesis of all the ideals for which the United States supposedly stands...
...goodly handful were thrust upon Powell's staff, and he thought it was good politics not to protest too much. A few he actively blocked, like a Rumsfeld protEgE pushed for ambassador to NATO. Others languish in confirmation limbo. But some made it inside, and stir up trouble for him, like Star Warrior John Bolton in the powerful position of Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Powell insists he had a "free hand" to pick from nominations. "Where we had a meeting of the minds, and the person and I looked like we could work together...
...know that it's really begun to resonate yet," Hoyer told me. "But I think it will. Republicans have gotten away with pledging not to spend the Social Security money, but they're already dipping into Medicare." Voters in Hoyer's district are beginning to stir, he believes. "I think people are going to get exercised about Social Security being at risk," he predicts. "And we're going to focus on it very closely...
...Even if the New York Post was right Wednesday in pegging Chung's sit-down with Condit as "the most-watched show of the summer," any public stir could be short-lived when viewers figure out what Condit is up to: Just trying to dust himself off politically while he's got the stage all to himself...