Tonight's headline: Blair to Withdraw Some Troops from Iraq
Posted 1/18/07: Tony Blair's Vanishing Act
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About Me
- ROBERT STEIN
- editor, publisher, media critic and journalism teacher, is a former Chairman of the American Society of Magazine Editors, and author of “Media Power: Who Is Shaping Your Picture of the World?” Before the war in Iraq, he wrote in The New York Times: “I see a generation gap in the debate over going to war in Iraq. Those of us who fought in World War II know there was no instant or easy glory in being part of 'The Greatest Generation,' just as we knew in the 1990s that stock-market booms don’t last forever. We don’t have all the answers, but we want to spare our children and grandchildren from being slaughtered by politicians with a video-game mentality." This is not meant to extol geezer wisdom but suggest that, even in our age of 24/7 hot flashes, something can be said for perspective. The Web is a wide space for spreading news, but it can also be a deep well of collective memory to help us understand today’s world. In olden days, tribes kept village elders around to remind them with which foot to begin the ritual dance. Start the music.
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- Iraq: Gone with the Wind
- Oscar Night: Coming of Age
- Jumping Joe Lieberman
- A Thrilling Compliment
- Desperate Sorority Sisters
- "Secondary Virginity" for '08
- Larder Disorder: You Are What You Hoard
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- Ralph Nader and Cary Grant
- Vilsack for VP
- No Do-Overs
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- Groucho's Father
- The Truth About Lying
- Screen Tests for '08
- H.M.O.'s Secret of Success
- Told You
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- Rove v. Murtha
- You Don't Have to Read This
- Half-Way Measures
- American Disconnect
- Tony Snow Job
- Is Bill Maher Jumping the Shark?
- Celebritydom: Marilyn to Anna Nicole
- Where Have All the Grownups Gone?
- Bashful Blogtogenarian
- Past Forward
- For Republicans, Right Is Wrong
- The Romney Legacy
- For the VP: Forgive Me, Rodgers and Hart
- Dreamy!
- The X Factor for '08
- Iraq: The Clash of Cliches
- Pillorying Hillary
- Dial M for Magic
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- Bush's Other Grandfather
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