Once our elected officials find themselves “inside the beltway” among the grand marble buildings that line the wide well-manicured avenues of our nation’s capital, the intoxicating effects of power and influence take hold quickly.
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Childish Name-calling
Even as the results from the 2010 Oregon Primary Election were still in the process of being announced, a new website was being launched that lowered the intellectual level of political discourse in the state to a level that can best be described as childish.
Further Thoughts on the Closing of Kirkus Reviews
In an effort to bring the continued plight of book reviewing as well as the changes occurring in book retailing to the attention of the wider general public, I took up the subject of the announced closing of Kirkus Reviews in my most recent “From Under My Hat” editorial column.