Muses
MUSES. Near the highest peak of snowy Olympus, the nine Muses—Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Ourania, and Calliope, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Mem...
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This election, with all the grumbling about Mike's money, provoked a round of concern about the city's public financing system, and a range of proposals from the probably-illegal (make self-finance...
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Don’t you simply hate it when you find yourself no longer in the mood for the Netflix movie you requested on the very day of its arrival?
Certain New York cab drivers seem to be under the imp...
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Strange things sometimes come out of President Bush's mouth. "Polls just go poof." "Remember the rug?"When Bush went to Ohio on Thursday to talk about terrorism, he ended up musing about marriage a...
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Michael Mukasey's musings _ both written and spoken _ from some of his biggest cases as a judge:___"I really cannot believe and I do not believe that it didn't occur to you that this was a reargume...
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Once again, Newt Gingrich’s estimation of his own genius has exceeded reality.
The former House speaker dreams of seeking the presidency in 2008, and on the surface, the road map he drew up a...
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Famously opaque when he was chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan _ the author _ says he relished the opportunity to break out of "Fedspeak" and share his own insights about the nation's ...
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A few years ago, Joni Mitchell had rejected her musical muse, refusing to write or even play music as she devoted her life to painting, watching old movies on TV and reconnecting to the daughter sh...
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Paul Anka has written an inordinate amount of pop music classics, cranking out hit songs like "My Way" for Frank Sinatra, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" for Buddy Holly, saving "Lonely Boy," "Put Your...
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Jack Johnson, addicted to attention and craving a colorful legacy, loved to chronicle his rise from a restless Texas teen to the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion. Now, nearly a centu...
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I’m in Alanis Morissette withdrawal. I got her new CD, Under Rug Swept, when it came out last month, but now I’m in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, with nothing to play it on. I’m here t...
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Muses
Campaign Finance Musings
