A War on Words

"Verbage: The Republican War on Words"

In this election, it has increasingly been “words.” Barack Obama has been denounced again and again as a privileged wordsmith, a man of mere words who has “authored” two books (to use Sarah Palin’s verb), and done little else. Read more words by James Wood . . .

Politics Lately

Have you read the new David Sedaris piece in The New Yorker? Speaking about undecided voters, Sedaris says, "I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. 'Can I interest you in the chicken?' she asks. 'Or would you prefer the platter of . . . '"

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Greenblatt and Colbert: Shakespearean Campaign Analysis

NY Times Interactive Video-Transcript of the VP Debate

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