Monthly Archives: August 2010

But will she listen?

Posted on 20 August 2010 by

I’m still working on my essay on political scandal, and that work is still producing wacky asides. This one comes from Richard Strout, who reviewed Time columnist Hugh Sidey’s book on Lyndon Johnson, A Very Personal Presidency, for the New York … Continue reading →

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Time’s literary coverboys and -girls

Posted on 16 August 2010 by

[The Millions] Over at The Millions — and in honor of Time’s Jonathan Franzen cover — I’ve compiled a full list of the magazine’s previous literary covers. You’ll find links to each cover and cover story (83, by my count), along … Continue reading →

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In which I finally find a reason to post about Chelsea Clinton’s wedding

Posted on 3 August 2010 by

One of the most influential legal articles ever written — and an article I keep running into since I’m working on an essay about political scandal — is Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis’s “The Right of Privacy” (1890). “The Right … Continue reading →

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