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Early in The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton, Joe Klein delivers a factoid that proves the title. Three statements of the former President were deemed worthy of being cited in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: "I didn't inhale," "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," and...
On opening night in London, the play was greeted with nothing more sensational than polite, slightly disappointed applause. It's neither as bad nor as worthy of prolonged debate as the Irish media suggested, but turns out to be a frustratingly uneven outing from a writer whose 1995 play The...
“I do not personally know of anyone more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize than this gentle Buddhist monk from Vietnam,” King wrote in a letter to the Nobel Institute. “His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to...
In his onscreen incarnation, Rushmore’s dork king Jason Schwartzman got to be the president of the Debate Society and the founder of the Bee Keepers Club. In real life, he gets to play drums for the sunny post-grunge band Phantom Planet. The band’s...
But this objection is totally irrational. Before you decide I’m conservative, hear me out. A considerable part of the power of civil disobedience—long a proud liberal tactic—lies in the fact that participants are willing to sacrifice and suffer consequences for what...