Posts Tagged ‘Roger Cohen’
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Gail Collins/Hillary’s Smackdown The Short Version: Don’t panic, it’ll be ok. In her words: “If you want to worry about something, worry about the way both of them have been pandering themselves over the edge.” Score: B (Benign) Although we don’t want to […]
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Tags: Biofuels, Columbia, Congestion Pricing, Flowers, Gail Collins, MPG, Nicholas Kristof, Primaries, Roger Cohen
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Paul Krugman/Running Out of Planet To Exploit The Short Version: Let’s face it. We’re probably running out of oil. In his words: “But this time may be different: concerns about what happens when an ever-growing world economy pushes up against the limits of […]
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Tags: Guns, Oil Shortage, Passover, Paul Krugman, Roger Cohen, Unctuous, William Kristol, Wine
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Gail Collins/Pinochle Politics The Short Version: I’m bored with politics. In her words: “Setting aside six weeks of preparation for the Pennsylvania primary turns out to have been a little excessive.” Score: B- (Boring) We agree with Collins that the Democratic primary is […]
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Tags: Asia, Darfur, Free Trade, Gail Collins, India, Nicholas Kristof, Pennsylvania, Pinochle, Republicans, Roger Cohen, Sudan, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Gail Collins/A Black Hole Rating System The Short Version: Well, these are not exactly the best of times. In her words: “Let’s prioritize. Rank all your causes for concern on a scale of: ! (unfortunate development) to !!!!! (Large Hadron Collider has a […]
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Tags: Black Holes, China, France, Gail Collins, Hadron Collider, McLympics, Nicholas Kristof, Roger Cohen, The New York Times, Tibet
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Gail Collins/Unwelcome Surprises The Short Version: Who knew? In her words: “Memo to future disgraced politicians: The nation has discussed this at length, and we do not want to see any more stricken spouses at the press conference. ” Score: B (Boring) We […]
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Tags: Elliot Spitzer, Gail Collings, Globalization, International Trade, Nicholas Kristof, Prostitution, Roger Cohen, Roses, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse ponders a sampling of recent search terms used to find the very pages you are now reading. Note: All search terms listed are in the exact form provided by WordPress.com, which is the host (at least for a while) of this blog. Hyperlinks to relevant posts included. Search: rambo gay […]
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