"“Every great cause,” Eric Hoffer wrote, “begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” As a cause, conservatism may be dead. But as a stance, as a way of making judgments in a complex and difficult world, I believe it is very much alive in the instincts and predispositions of a liberal named Barack Obama." - Adam Morris
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"The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records." - Adam Morris
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Kids were abused, dancer lost the power to walk, and much of it was faked. That opening ceremony is more symbolic than China would have wanted. - Adam Morris
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Interesting that if you turn back time, substituting 'iPhone' for 'Mac' and 'Blackberry' for 'PC,' in the 90s this would have been Macguy's dream news. - Adam Morris
Heh...true. The thing about this internet-driven age, though, is that it makes it more possible for companies to switch to Macs now. I could use a Mac for all my daily duties, and might even get by on OfficeWorks. - Aaron Benson
Yeah, I rolled my eyes at the column...I can't believe Walter Shapiro is self-deluded enough to believe anyone gives a damn how he judged Edwards. And I read his 2004 book, One Car Caravan. - Aaron Benson
I agree that it doesn't distract from the overall kick-assness of the ceremony, but I only think it's honest of her lovers if China realizes that all this fakeness is emblematic of where she is today. "Fake" capitalism, "fake" products, even fake "democracy." - Adam Morris
If he ever got close to winning the primary, this would have come out. There's no way he would have gotten the nomination, and pretty much knew this. And he probably calculated it this way. - Adam Morris
It was a fitting finish for an opening ceremony that may have not been to everyone’s liking, but carried one strong message from beginning to end: We are China, we’ve been around for ages, and we do things our way. - Adam Morris
