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OPINION INDEX
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Offoffoff Opinion
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Interview: George McGovern
Former presidential candidate George McGovern is the subject of a new documentary that brings the issues of 1972 back to prominence during a time when they're as relevant as they ever were. |
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Interview: Thomas Keck
Although President Bush has praised conservative judges for their "judicial restraint" and promised to nominate more justices like Antonin Scalia, constitutional scholar Thomas Keck argues that this is the most activist Supreme Court in history. |
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Interview: Bard O'Neill
An expert on insurgencies talks about what history tells us about rebellions like the one in Iraq, why the U.S. seemed unprepared for the violent opposition there, and why the killing might not stop for decades. |
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Interview: Eric Foner
Columbia Professor Eric Foner talks about our ideas of freedom from early America to the current election. |
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Interview: Maurice Isserman
Hamilton College Professor Maurice Isserman, co-author of "America Divided," talks about the societal ruptures of the Vietnam War and Iraq War eras. |
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Offoffoff blogs
This section is in development, and you'll be able to start your own blog soon. If you're interested, please contact Joshua Tanzer, jmt@offoffoff.com.
PICTURES |
Picture of the week #6: Portland
My picture-a-week resolution didn't work out that well, considering it's December and I'm on week 6. (And not planning to take pictures in the near future.)
Still, I have a few leftovers from earlier in the year, and I was kind of tickled by this one. Strange thing about going back to hometown Portland after not having lived there in 18 years — it really isn't the same place anymore. The neighborhoods have changed, the businesses . . . [more]
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Techs' appeal
Conversation overheard among some 20-something white-collar types getting acquainted in a Seattle Starbucks:
Guy: So, do you work for Microsoft or Amazon?
Gal: Microsoft.
Guy: Oh, cool. . . . [more]
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Tempus Puget
The weird thing about Seattle is that it has this trendy mystique around the country but when I'm here I can't help seeing everything that's wrong with the place. Maybe that's because I . . . [more]
RANDOM THOUGHTS |
Blogger's block
I sort of lost the will to write this spring, and haven't really done the blog thing since then. I still don't know whether I have the time or inclination, but in the absence of any current-day inspiration, I thought I would go back and post a few . . . [more]
| Week of December 18, 2005 |
| | NEWS | Cheney in Iraq
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| Week of November 20, 2005 |
| | NEWS | Bush in Mongolia
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| Week of April 3, 2005 |
| | NEWS | Submission accomplished
FILM | Prince and repeat
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| Week of March 27, 2005 |
| | NEW YORK | Things not permitted in the Port Authority
PICTURES | Picture a week #5: Central Park, early spring
NEWS | John Paul's peace
TRAVEL | Catch twenty-shoe
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| Week of March 6, 2005 |
| | POLITICS | The increasingly hollow Holocaust
FOOD | R.I.P.izza
JOURNALISM | Perils of passive voice
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| Week of February 20, 2005 |
| | NEW YORK | Curtains for Christo
POLITICS | So which is it?
IRAQ | Interesting story of the day #3
POLITICS | Interesting story of the day #2
NEW YORK | Interesting story of the day #1
MEDIA/ADVERTISING | We hate to spell and it shows
MUSIC | Scammy Grammy
NEW YORK | A noted Authority
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| Week of January 30, 2005 |
| | PICTURES | Picture a week #4: Santa Monica
TRAVEL | Cha Cha Chicken
TRAVEL | Santa Monica airport
TRAVEL | Zero Charlie Delta
PICTURES | Picture a week #3: San Francisco
TRAVEL | San Francisco
WORK | The streak ends!
POLITICS | Sorry, we just spent your Social Security in Fallujah
POLITICS | Polish joke
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| Week of January 9, 2005 |
| | FILM | Old hobbits die hard
NEWS | It's hard work
EVENTS OF THE DAY | Wait, uh, dude, I totally take that back
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| Week of January 2, 2005 |
| | FILM | Everyone's a critic
NEWS | Two's just a coincidence
PICTURES | Picture a week #2: Midtown Manhattan
FILM | Wrapped in kaleidoscopic cool
EVENTS OF THE DAY | The worst of Times Square
NEWS | Happy meal
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| Week of December 26, 2004 |
| | PICTURES | Picture a week #1: Hoboken
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