Smart move by Obama moving the trial out of lower Manhattan. since it was becoming a source of contention with New Yorkers (especially Bloomberg, Kelly and local business owners): The White House ordered the Justice Department on Thursday night to consider other places to try the 9/11 terror suspects after a wave of opposition to…

Great article by Kinsley on the excessive wordage in newspaper writing: One reason seekers of news are abandoning print newspapers for the Internet has nothing directly to do with technology. It’s that newspaper articles are too long. On the Internet, news articles get to the point. Newspaper writing, by contrast, is encrusted with conventions that…

You all know the story, right? Obama goes to a sixth-grade classroom bringing along his presidential podium and both of his teleprompters which of course looks absolutely ridiculous. Stewart points out the obvious: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

More fallout from the Massachusetts upset? Maybe. Vice President Biden’s son Beau announced Monday that he will not run for his father’s old Senate seat, leaving the Republican in the race without a Democratic opponent. In a written statement, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said he had given “serious consideration” to running for Senate but…

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