American - Editor | November 21, 1953 -
Now everyone leaking and tweeting and posting on everyone else is the acknowledged way to get ahead in the 21st century.
Tina Brown
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Voters seem to understand what a big waste of time trying to change Washington is.
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Back in his Chicago Senate days, when he was seeking greater black credibility, Obama was happy enough to attend the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ.
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'Worshipping in private,' as Obama does, comes off as just another form of annoying elitism.
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Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood that people fought as much for medals as for morals.
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I know as much as anyone how much her most fervent supporters want Hillary Clinton to run for president.
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The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president.
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Being president, you may have more power than anyone else in the country, but you quickly discover that you have much, much less than you thought you'd have going in. You're hamstrung in ways you never dreamed of.
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The post-presidency, as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have proved, is a win-win. Money, Nobels, the ability to leverage your global celebrity for any cause or hobbyhorse you wish, plus freedom to grab the mike whenever the urge takes you without any terminal repercussions.
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'Vogue' celebrates plenty of women of substance.
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Perhaps the most damaging aspect of the Obamacare tech nightmare is how wholly predictable it all was. Anyone who has been involved in building the most rudimentary of web operations knows nothing ever works as it's supposed to. Even awesome Apple, mighty Microsoft, and gargantuan Google miss deadlines.
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In today's gig economy, where jobs have been replaced by 'portfolios of projects,' most people find themselves doing more things less well for two-thirds of the money.
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