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High Noon in Lebanon

After a couple of weeks off, my weekly Baltimore Examiner column is back. Go here for my take on the Israel-Lebanon war.

Van Morrison sings Madame George

Season 4 of The Wire

The Wire is the second greatest show on television, and Season 4 starts Sept. 10 on HBO. Here is a tidbit about the upcoming season from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which should also serve as a warning for my great editors to continue treating me well.

From Washington's quaint little alternative newspaper

The Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest gives awards for intentionally bad prose fiction, most of which is quite hilarious.

If there were an award for unintentionally bad column writing - maybe we could call them the Mollies or the Dowdies - this column would be a prizewinner.

Independence and happiness

My Examiner column on the Declaration of Independence is here and in PDF form here:

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All the news

Here's me writing about the latest, but not to be the last, New York Times leak controversy.

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