Category Archives: Dissertation ephemera

They Wouldn’t Dare

Posted on 15 February 2011 by

Next week, I’m reviewing Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown’s new memoir, Against All Odds. But this week I’m researching former Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy’s political megahit, Profiles in Courage, and I just came across a great essay in the December 1961 … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Soundbites

Posted on 2 January 2011 by

[Boston Globe] In today’s Boston Globe, I’ve got an essay on soundbites, the media, and political coverage. Ever since 1992, when Daniel Hallin documented that the length of the average TV soundbite fell from 43 seconds in 1968 to 9 seconds … Continue reading →

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A Review of Edmund Morris’s Colonel Roosevelt

Posted on 26 December 2010 by

[Boston Globe] In yesterday’s Boston Globe, I published a review of Edmund Morris’s Colonel Roosevelt, the third and final volume in his TR trilogy. The book’s been widely and positively reviewed, but it still seems to me that most people … Continue reading →

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The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Posted on 15 November 2010 by

[Boston Globe] In today’s Boston Globe, I’ve got a review of George W. Bush’s Decision Points. The presidential memoir has become a very odd and very unique media event — an event where the book’s release matters more than the book … Continue reading →

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Reagan and/as Palin

Posted on 15 November 2010 by

[Los Angeles Times] In today’s Los Angeles Times, I’ve got an Op Ed on Sarah Palin’s constant invocations of Ronald Reagan. Every Republican does this, of course, but I argue that Palin invokes Reagan in a uniquely shallow way. In fact, … Continue reading →

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