Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Miami Slighted

Posted on May 18, 2004 by Michael Froomkin

How come the cool book tours almost never come to Miami?

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Gas Prices Are Getting Out of Hand

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Michael Froomkin


Source: BBC

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Catholic Bishops Get Political

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Michael Froomkin

Two thoughtful, very very different, sets of thoughts inspired by the recent decision of certain Catholic Bishops to instruct their parishoners how to vote:

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Western Civilization, RIP

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Michael Froomkin

Fafblog! the whole worlds only source for Fafblog, pens an obituary for Western Civilization:

Western Civilization. Born 3500 B.C. in early Mesopotamian city-states, Western Civilization developed numerous complex systems of political governance, conquered most of the inhabited world, and invented the hot air balloon, the nuclear bomb, and the ice cream cone. Died May 17, 2004, of a gay agenda in a Massachusetts court house. It is survived by isolated anarchist survivalist camps and nomadic bands of flesh-eating zombies.

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OK, That’s A Denial

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Michael Froomkin

I complained yesterday that the Pentagon issued a non-denial denial about the New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh. Today we get a full-bodied denial: Pentagon: Hersh report 'journalist malpractice'.

Update: To ice the cake, the DoD changed the original press release.

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All About the WMD Commission

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Michael Froomkin

Here's a useful service, provided by WashingtonPost.com (Dan Froomkin dept.): All About the WMD Commission.

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