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Israel Loves Iran (On Facebook) - New Yorker (blog)
“Our main aim is introducing the Iranians to the Israelis and the Israelis to the Iranians,” Majid (who asked not to be identified by his last name because he fears for his safety) wrote me by e-mail. Asked what propelled him to respond to the Israeli ...
March 23, 2012


Susan G. Komen: Where's the Party? - New Yorker (blog)
The Gala was supposed to be at Gustavino's (“It's been cancelled for reasons I can't divulge,” someone speaking for Gustavino's, who declined to give his name, said.) Vern Calhoun, a spokesman for the affiliate, said: “After much discussion, ...
March 14, 2012


Where's George? - New Yorker (blog)
Should Santorum get the Republican nomination, Soros might become more motivated, a source said. But at the moment, “he's not all that focussed on American politics,” said the source, who suggested Soros had spent more energy thinking about how to ...
February 21, 2012


How's Earl? - New Yorker (blog)
... included interviews with the parents of Earl Sweatshirt, whose real name is Thebe Kgositsile: his father, Keorapetse Kgositsile, is a celebrated South African poet; his mother, an educator, asked to remain anonymous, out of fear for her security. ...
June 24, 2011


The Sturdiest Bookshelf - New Yorker (blog)
... Free” and a fiction contributor to the magazine, places second in my personal “Most Active Facebook Friend on Visual Bookshelf” contest (when I informed my friend in first place, he asked to remain anonymous because he now feels like a show-off). ...
April 27, 2011


Tucson Revisited - New Yorker (blog)
... the only conservative who's had the courage to say anything like it (other than one Republican senator, who, not so courageously, requested anonymity). ...
January 10, 2011


Veterans and the Deficit - New Yorker (blog)
... get past that July 2011 obsession so that people can see what the president's strategy really entails,” a senior administration official said Wednesday. ...
November 11, 2010


Beck on the Mall - New Yorker (blog)
... involving the first three digits of Obama's Social Security number; according to the Globe, “a source said it's 'part of an elaborate scheme to conceal ...
August 31, 2010


Top of Our Game - New Yorker (blog)
A palace spokesman, speaking on background, denied that the incident had any significance. 'The sun was in Hanif's eyes—that's it,' the spokesman said. ...
February 12, 2010


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