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Dueling Israelis

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 4:12pm |

A news post that I can't put in the news section because it requires both links to be given equal attention. These two stories are both atop the New York Times website right now:

Christopher Walken on Seven Psychopaths, His Days as a Lion Tamer, and the One Role He's Still Searching For

By artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 1:37pm |

By Julie Miller at Vanity Fair, September 10, 2012

Excerpt:

What kind of character haven't you played that you'd still like to try?

I haven't played a regular guy. You know, a dad with kids. But I'm not sure I'll ever get that part.

A Libertarian House on the Prairie

By artappraiser on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 4:32pm |

By Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, August 17, 2012

[....] [Laura Ingalls] Wilder’s books were written in collaboration with her only child, Rose Wilder Lane, a best-selling author in her own right. The extent of that collaboration is disputed—some critics have called Rose Laura’s “ghostwriter.” The evidence suggests that, at the least, Lane edited and shaped the manuscripts considerably, and thought of her mother as an amateur [....]

News of the long slow lingering death of NYC's Democratic machine

By artappraiser on Thu, 07/26/2012 - 9:42pm |

Just a news compilation thread for my own reference, perhaps to update from time to time

First news item:

Councilman, Convicted of Fraud, Vacates Seat
By Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, July 26/27, 2012

It appears that the TPMCafe site has been taken down from the web?

By artappraiser on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 3:56am |

Trying to go to its url (tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com) now automatically redirects you to the the Talking Points Memo home page (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/)

Did anyone notice a public announcement that this was going to happen? Just curious.

Three Scenes Inspired By The Gingrich Campaign

By artappraiser on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 2:07pm |

By Calvin Trillin for "Shouts and Murmurs" in the February 27 issue of The New Yorker

Trillin's three scenes are great fun, but I'm really posting this because I adore the illustration for the article and don't know where else to put it:

Mitt's image morphing?

By artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:09pm |

Warning: superficial post!

I've commented in the past that as a personality, Mitt reminded me a lot of the Arrow Shirt Guy of advertising days of yore. Who was just a cypher of all-American clean-cut tall healthy white maleness and quiet strength.

But watching his speech tonight when he was in a jovial mood, I began to see much more of this guy, especially in the facial expressions:

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