Christopher, why don’t you tell us what you really think about sporting events because I don’t believe your latest Newsweek piece, “Fool’s Gold,” did the job.
With trademark flourish, you revealed a portfolio of the world’s worst behavior, decrying sports competition as the catalyst. As your subtitle stated,
How the Olympics and other international competitions breed conflict [...]
The rumors of a major business announcement at Michelle Malkin’s Hotair.com have been swirling…
What began as a cryptic hint dropped by Allahpundit in a post last evening:
Having said all that, I now feel the odd urge to atone somehow. If only there was some exciting business news to report on, perhaps involving this very website. [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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The Department of Homeland Security recently released a memo entitled, “Privacy Impact Assessments” listing some of the agency’s favorite tip-worthy web sites in case of an emergency, Mark Hosenball of Newsweek reports. Call it the DHS Blogroll, if you will.
It is no surprise that a government entity would harness this technology and gather information from [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 16, 2010 | Posted in
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The other night I endured Barbara Walters’ 20/20 interview with Jenny Sanford, crudely titled, “The Woman Who Didn’t Stand By Her Man.” (It’s come to my attention that 20/20 has since changed the title to an entirely more acceptable, “Stand By Your Man?” It’s good to know I wasn’t alone in my ridicule of the [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Two parts predictable, one part probable: Newsweek’s Daniel Stone takes a look at Sarah Palin’s Tea Party Nation convention speech and determines her unable to win a national election. Shock!
However, aside from his own unambiguous sentiment and Newsweek’s penchant for Palin mockery, is he necessarily wrong?
The basis of her speech, as she put it, was [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Of course, there’s the game – THEE game – the Super Bowl. And then there are the commercials, some of the best commercials offered up to television viewers. Now President Obama is getting in on the action. Is nothing sacred – exempt from the media-saturated messages of the Obama administration?
As if co-opting an important Duke/Georgetown [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 4, 2010 | Posted in
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Dearest Christopher,
Thank you so much for forgiving me for my part in our last tiff. I promise to only call you Christopher from now on. (Except in private, you naughty cad, you!)
I’m so grateful for your travel recommendations, as well. You know how I was looking forward to my trip to North Korea (I adore [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 2, 2010 | Posted in
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Money is a metaphor; our monetary dealings shed light on aspects of our human condition that, rightly understood, tell us something about how we might relate to God.
- Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
An agnostic friend once asked me how I squared my Christian faith with capitalism; an honest question deserving an honest answer, as Francis [...]
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Diane Suffern | February 1, 2010 | Posted in
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It was supposed to be a good game.
The kids were napping as my husband and I ate lunch, enjoying some Newcastle, watching a decent match up of two top ten teams, Duke and Georgetown. Until…Barack Obama, ubiquity personified, was revealed on the sidelines with his entourage: Joe Biden, David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs, and Reggie Love, [...]
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Diane Suffern | January 31, 2010 | Posted in
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The anticipation was palpable…what would he say? What would it do? Is this what we’ve been waiting for? Experts surmised, pundits pontificated while the population pondered: whither change?
He spoke…
For some, there was immediate disillusionment. Others, compelled by loyalty to the “brand,” made excuses for lackluster delivery. Who could blame them? When hopes set [...]
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Diane Suffern | January 29, 2010 | Posted in
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