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Hertzberg’s SotU Thoughts

In this week’s New Yorker Hendrik Hertzberg makes two interesting points regarding the language of W’s State of the Union Speech. First, the requisite description of the inherent silliness of a term like “War on Terror:” “War on Terror” has always been problematic, at both ends. The word “war” has the requisite urgency, and it [...]

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