this month's atlantic monthly is quite good. the cover article on "tony blair as a tragic figure" was my favorite (but isn't online) -- now i've learnt the words manichaean (describes bush) and antinomian (describes blair, according to the author). there was also an article on how "opposition research" (mudslinging) has become much more institutionalized in political campaigns in the last decade or so, partially due to media/ad saturation and campaign-finance reform.
... You begin by planting some smaller stories so that you build a foundation or basis for the larger story you're going to want to have hitting in the fall."Especially in a presidential election "you have to plant a lot of the seeds in the spring and the summer so that you can capitalize on it," Lehane says. "If you have a big story that's going to hit in the middle of September, middle of October, what you really want to do is build several things that come off of the story so that it's not just a one-day hit. ... (article)
also, just saw that pretty italian movie i'm not scared and it had me so frightened/anxious, i was jumping out of my seat. go see it!
did i mention my sister graduated on monday? she did. i sat, listened to her commencement speaker and tried to vicariously re-graduate myself; i suppose i'm ready for grad school now.
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