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I just recently finished Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road. The novel is dedicated to taking the consequences of apocalypse to a logical and horrifying conclusion. Out of this narrative innovation, stripped of the usual kinds of motivation, two characters stark efforts of survival play out against the cruelty of necessity. Despite what the back cover [...]

One thing that really bothers me is the McCain camp’s characterization of Palin as a reformer. She ran Ted Steven’s 527, she supported the bridge to nowhere, and she’s worked to get officials fired for personal and purely political reasons. Is there any counter evidence that she actually is a reformer? Just because McCain says [...]