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October 05, 2009 02:02 PM

Rats, Ship

by Roger Kimball, from Roger's Rules


This from the editorial page of The New York Times today: Mr. Obama’s Promise of Transparency Hopes for an effective law that would protect the public’s access to essential news from inside government have been dealt a severe setback by the Obama administration. Uh-oh. And there’s more: The latest hedging from the White House does not deliver on his [...]


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