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Monday, February 04, 2008 - Posts

  • Near Tears, Again


    I hope none of the rest of you has ever cried at work, but I have — three times in 24 years — and though in theory it's no big deal, in reality it's humiliating. (That tally includes the day a friend's husband and only child were hit by a bus while crossing Read More...
  • Don't Cry for Me ...


    Personally, I find that nowadays I cry in ludicrously sentimental movies which I don't even like, while actual tragedies, both personal and world-historical, leave me dry-eyed and grim. Since when did tears signify anything truly important? Anyway, for Read More...
  • "Bell-Bottom-Wearing Hippie Chick"


    Sadly, the Clintons have a well-deserved reputation for crying on command . (Remember Bill Clinton at Ron Brown's funeral.) The great irony of that moment at the Yale Child Study Center is, the days when she was a "bell-bottom-wearing hippie chick" are Read More...
  • Cry Me a River


    If Plaxico Burress can sob on national television and no one questions either his toughness or sincerity, let's let Hillary wipe away a tear without going all meta on her. Read More...
  • Oops, She Did It Again


    At a campaign event in New Haven, Conn., today, Hillary Clinton may have teared up a little as she was being introduced. Clinton fans raced to say she is exhausted and vulnerable. Clinton-haters interpret it as a cynical effort to gin up another rush Read More...
  • The Porn Stars' Guide to Super Tuesday


    FunnyorDie.com, the online video site from Will Ferrell that brought us “The Landlord” last year, has posted a two-minute video called “Porn Star Politics” (see it here ). It opens with porn stars at a convention awkwardly reading a script explaining Read More...
  • Billary Is Back


    We have a guest post from Sally Quinn, who is moderator, with Jon Meacham of Newsweek , of OnFaith , an online conversation about religion. ( Slate and Newsweek are owned by the Washington Post Co.) The shrinks must be having a field day with this one. Read More...
  • Oprah and Linda


    Oprah Winfrey declares victory for the cause: "Now look at this campaign: The two front-runners are a black man and a woman," she said at a California rally she headlined with Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver, and Caroline Kennedy. "What that says to me Read More...
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