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Leon Wieseltier on Andrew Sullivan and Israel.
Cohn is optimistic on the “The Obama Method,” - let’s see what happens…
“ But New York. In February. How the fuck do people do it? It’s cold. It’s wet. It’s loud. The streets smell like dead people. Why live here? I was sitting at dinner with the guy who runs the New York Times and I was like, You should just move your operation to the West Coast. I mean why not? Who says you have to be the New York Times? Why not just be the Times, and become a global brand? Look at what the Guardian in England is doing. They understood from the start that the power of the Internet for media was that you could take a local brand and transform it into a worldwide brand, without incurring much cost. So now they’re basically a global left-wing publication. No reason you can’t do the same. ”
“ In heartfelt testimony to the senators, Mullen said: “I have served with homosexuals since 1968.” Acknowledging that they face death daily, he said that “putting individuals in a position that every single day they wonder whether today’s going to be the day, and devaluing them in that regard, just is inconsistent with us as an institution. ”
