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Showing posts with label Andrew Ferguson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andrew Ferguson. Show all posts
Monday, May 13, 2024

Quote of the Day (Andrew Ferguson, on John McLaughlin, ‘A Legend’ Among Rotten DC Bosses)

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“In a city famous for tyrannical bosses, from congressmen crazed with drink to bureau chiefs aflame with illicit desire, [John] McLaughlin h...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Quote of the Day (Andrew Ferguson, on Notes Made by Famous Readers in Their Favorite Books)

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“The task of a marginalia maven is at right angles to the task of reading a book: It is an attempt to read the reader rather than to read th...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Bonus Quote of the Day (Andrew Ferguson, on Xmas Songs From ‘Melisma Mamas’)

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“When it comes to Christmas, then, Mariah Carey and the other melisma mamas might be right to leave Jesus out of it altogether and sett...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Quote of the Day (Andrew Ferguson on Newt Gingrich, “Panicky Before Panicky Was Cool”)

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“Reading the [Newt] Gingrich catalog, you get used to intimations — or are they threats? — of Armageddon. Windows are slamming shut, or are ...
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