The Internet Needs More Calvin Trillin

by Glynnis MacNicol | 11:22 am, October 15th, 2009

The thing about long-time New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin is that even though he represents the very best of what we are arguably losing in the demise of old media, you get the sense that had he been born into the 2.0 era he would have done just fine. Tepper Isn’t Going Out would also have made for a great blog. And once glance at his poems is enough to (selfishly) convince that the man should be on Twitter. Also if you have never read this you should put down what you’re doing and do so now. Below is Trillin talking to Big Think about how everyone used to drink just like Mad Men, and reporting has only lately become a “respectable” occupation (maybe not for long if the bloggers have their way!).

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Exclusive: Bo Obama Agrees with President on ‘Deem and Pass’

by Tommy Christopher | 5:19 pm, Friday

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At yesterday's White House briefing, the hot topic du jour was the House Democrats' procedural "Deem and Pass" maneuver, also known as "Demon Pass," the "Slaughter Rule," and if I'm not mistaken, the "Cider House Rule?" I'm not sure about that last one.

All this after Fox News' Brett Baier spent a good chunk of his POTUS exclusive grilling the President on whether he supports the maneuver. Just to be thorough, I took a shot at the question with First Dog Bo Obama. Not surprisingly, he agreed with the President. Video after the jump.

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Conservative Bloggers Loved The CBO Before They Hated It

by Simon Owens | 4:48 pm, Friday

The Congressional Budget Office released its preliminary estimate of the Senate health care bill yesterday and found that the bill would reduce the deficit by $130 Billion in the first 10 years and $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years. Upon the report’s release, conservative bloggers and pundits began trying to discredit the CBO, saying that the office allows Democrats to cook the numbers and its estimates are often not a good indicator of reality. And if the CBO is so unreliable, then these bloggers wouldn’t cite it uncritically when it favors their positions, right?

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