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THE SECRET LIFE OF TOM WOLFE [John Derbyshire] "Mr. Derbyshire---I thought you might find this tidbit interesting. In a 1966 interview with Elaine Dundy from Vogue magazine Mr. Wolfe was asked the following question: "Elaine: When you write, have you anyone in particular in mind you are writing for? "Tom Wolfe: Malcolm Muggeridge." Posted at 03:52 PM STAYING ALIVE [John Derbyshire] "Dear Mr. Derbyshire---In reference to your Corner post on the death of Alicia Markova, I too had a similar shock a few weeks ago. I discovered while reading that Max Schmeling is still alive. Born in 1905, he won the heavy weight crown in 1930, lost it in 1932, defeated Joe Louis in 1936, and lost badly to Louis in 1938. Schmeling also survived WWII, and after the war he enjoyed a long career with Coca-Cola. He certainly has experienced a long and interesting life--so far." Posted at 03:49 PM REASONS TO LEAVE THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: NO.11,984 [John Derbyshire] here Posted at 03:49 PM ABORTION, HAPPY NON-ISSUE [Tim Graham] MRC's Clay Waters reports on a happy New York Times reporter in Italy: "But abortion is a non-issue here -- perhaps the best example of the more civil tone of the debate over religion and state. Here, it seems less an argument than a very long conversation." Ah, to the Times, it's always a "more civil" society when the churches are ignored... Posted at 03:46 PM SORRY FOR THE SLOWNESS TODAY [KJL] i'm sleeping off those really bad winter germs. And I might have passed them on. Mea culpa. Back soon. Posted at 03:43 PM THAT WEBLOG AWARDS [KJL] Requires daily voting through the 15th....sorry for all the work. Here you are. Posted at 03:41 PM TREASURES GONE [John J. Miller] So, did you enjoy the movie National Treasure--including the really cool heist scene involving the theft of the Declaration of Independence--but walk out of the theater thinking, "You know, I bet the security at the National Archives is a little better than that"? Well guess what: It's not! Read this. Posted at 05:51 AM |
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