by Adam | Saturday 26 February 2011
It hadn’t immediately dawned on me that I was supposed to leave the room. Moreover, I didn’t want to. And so, I edged my way over to remember myself to a former professor of mine who was standing beside...
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by Adam | Monday 21 February 2011
And it's her birthday today. It's true that I often lampoon my mother for forwarding me really cheesy e-mails and so I thought, as a tribute, I would share one recently sent forth by my big sister. The Polite Way...
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by Adam | Friday 18 February 2011
Author's Note: The first half of this is for people who don't use Twitter; the second half is for everyone. Perhaps because I've been so resistant to Twitter that when a friend recently implored to me to see it for...
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by Adam | Friday 18 February 2011
TFR favorite Carly directed me to this...(not finding the suitable adjective)....video of a boy channeling his inner X-tina Aguilera from a scene in what was widely lambasted as one of the worst movies in 2010. It's a little hard to...
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by Adam | Wednesday 16 February 2011
I'm back on my soapbox over at The Huffington Post. Enjoy. Our arrangement in the Middle East has, until now, been based on the idea that our foreign policy has to be realistic. But what's both evident and realistic now...
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by Adam | Saturday 12 February 2011
A little stone groove for your Saturday afternoon by the band Sleigh Bells. Although, based on the video, perhaps they should be called Slay Bells. (wakka wakka)...
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by Adam | Thursday 10 February 2011
Gadi Taub, another TFR hero and former interviewee on HuffPo, is always one step ahead. He writes today on The New Republic site: So perhaps we should commend these pioneers of the right for something else entirely: for exposing the...
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by Adam | Wednesday 9 February 2011
The pundits at TFR have now chosen two straight AFC teams to win the Super Bowl and have been crushed by costly 4th-quarter bungles (last year was Peyton Manning's ill-thrown pick-six, this year it was Rashard Mendenhall's fumble). Listen, it's...
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by Adam | Sunday 6 February 2011
Allow me to dash off this quick Super Bowl prediction before I gouge myself on wings and soda pop. The Packers are a dynamic team with a young, steady (should I add morally well-regarded?) quarterback who has announced himself as...
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by Adam | Wednesday 2 February 2011
The co-op board of the Central Park West empyrean, which famously hosted John Lennon, is coming under suit for racial bias. This article in the Times is like a Tom Wolfe story come to life. The lawsuit’s explosive allegations include...
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