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October 4, 2004 by Michael Boyle

in the US have won a victory as the Supreme Court has decided it won’t hear Do Not Call case. Telemarketers have been trying to invoke First Amendment rights to have the lists quashed.

Tags: Media

The Times’ Jim Rutenberg

October 4, 2004 by Michael Boyle

has written a nice overview of the first Presidential debate and it’s aftermath:

Tags: NYTimes, US Politics

Kevin watches so you don’t have to.

October 1, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Yet again Kevin Moreno has the next-day analysis of political spectacles down pat, hitting the highs and lows with his own brand of wry humour.

Tags: US Politics

Did they watch the same

October 1, 2004 by Michael Boyle

debate as I did? Kerry sends his voice down to the bottom registers and clearly explains his opinions and his plan. Bush launches into an unintentially dada performance art piece that basically hinges on one phrase: “What kind of message does that send to…” [insert group here]? And the pundits all say it was a wash. It was true then and it’s true now, “How [is he] losing to this guy?”

Tags: US Politics

Don’t miss

September 29, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Andrew Leonard’s great review of the third volume of The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, The System of the World: The summit of Mount Stephenson. I’m currently about an eighth of the way through and it – and the two previous volumes – is as engrossing as any fiction I’ve read. And I’m not particularly a historical fiction, science fiction, or a fantasy fan.

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