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Flawless was better than my neighbor on a previous flight made it sound. It has an interesting psychological twist at the end. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is more fun to watch than the first Harry Potter, a flick that bored me out of my mind. Leatherheads, directed and strarring George Clooney is mediocre screwball comedy. Married Life is the best argument for staying single yet the best of the four films.Briefly Noted Airline Movies: Married Life et al.
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While everyone was focusing on Obama’s world tour last week, Frank Rich puts the spotlight on McCain and raises serious questions whether McCain is ability the see what the priorities of the day are. How Obama Became Acting President By FRANK RICH (NYT)Is John McCain fit to be President?
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If this is all I would ever say when I don’t know that a microphone is recording me, I would be very happy. The relatively tame headline on ABC News “Microphone Picks Up Private Conversation Between Obama and British Leader on Need for Vacations and ‘Thinking’ Time” was dramatized by the Drudgereport to “BAM AND CAM: Private Obama Chat with Tory Leader Caught on Mic…‘You should be on the beach… You need a break” and then picked up by newspapers around the world as if Obama had a Ronald Reagan moment (Reagan joked he had already given a command to send nuclear bombs to the Soviet Union]. Reading the Drudgereport headline I am thinking, “Oh, my God, Obama must be totally worn out.”Microphone Picks Up Private Conversation Between Obama and British Leader
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Elizabeth Kolbert (New Yorker June 9, 2008) presents a wonderful portrait of Buckminster Fuller (yes, this a name of a person). My own imagination was fired up when I read some of Fuller’s incredible ideas. The U.S. Pavilion for the 1967 WorldThe visions of Buckminster Fuller
Annals of Innovation: Dymaxion Man
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Read this book review and be reminded why George Bush stepping down is going to be a big relief for America. [A day later: Frank Rich also reviews the book and comes to the conclusion that we may be in for an terrorists attack before long. Then all bets about the election are off] THE DARK SIDE: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. By Jane Mayer: Doubleday. 392 pp. $27.50 With the appearance of this very fine book, Hillary Clinton can claim a belated vindication of sorts: A right-wing conspiracy does indeed exist, although she misapprehended its scope and nature. The conspiracy is not vast and does not consist of Clinton-haters. It is small, secretive and made up chiefly of lawyers contemptuous of the Constitution and the rule of law.Collateral Damage When Small Men Become Political Leaders
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