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It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration.

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When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as they were when President Kennedy was killed.

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A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant political figures involved: Mark Hanna, Theodore Roosevelt, and Emma Goldman.

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Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.

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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins.

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There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance.

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Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

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Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes.

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You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

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Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 14th, 1925

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