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William Safire: Islamofascism
10/07/2006 a las 04:48PM Every war is entitled to a name. World War II was a warmed-over name, and the Korean conflict was not at first even given the name of “war,” which Vietnam rated until it was overtaken by...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/10/07/william-safire-isla...
Walter Benn Michaels: Last Words
10/07/2006 a las 04:45PM The subject of disappearing languages has been in the news for some time — the standard prediction is that roughly half of the 6,000 languages currently spoken are, as Unesco puts it, ...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/10/07/walter-benn-michael...
William Safire: Pretexting
09/24/2006 a las 02:12PM I define Plumber’s syndrome as “the feverish urge to plug leaks, whatever the cost.” The modern ailment began a long generation ago in the Watergate scandal, re-emerged in recent years...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/09/24/william-safire-pret...
William Safire: Skin in the Game
09/19/2006 a las 05:25PM The skinny on fleshing out a metaphor. Microsoft’s Certified Professional Magazine Online — an insistently nonamateurish house organ — quotes a vice president, Rick Devenuti, saying, ...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/09/19/william-safire-skin...
William Safire: Moon Bats & Wing Nuts
09/04/2006 a las 10:48PM Time magazine, which advanced its publication day in order to compete with the Friday-night fights, carried an unusually combative Joe Klein column recently jabbing at “left-wing...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/09/04/william-safire-moon...
William Safire: Mumbai Not Bombay
08/06/2006 a las 04:42PM “Istanbul was Constantinople,” went the Kennedy-Simon song for which the Four Lads were awarded a gold record in 1953, reminding audiences, “now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople.. ....
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/08/06/william-safire-mumb...
Seth Stevenson: Suck It Up
08/03/2006 a las 04:48PM Are you offended by the word sucks? Do you loathe the way it's crept into everyday conversation? Are you shocked that preteen children and primetime television shows blithely employ a vivid...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/08/03/seth-stevenson-suck...
Marion McKeone: Learning American
07/30/2006 a las 02:05PM Some time ago, my sister spent several months working as an au pair for a wealthy family in Denver. When introducing her to their friends and relatives, the family would pointedly refer to...
http://mydigest.espacioblog.com/post/2006/07/30/marion-mckeone-lear...
