Posts Tagged ‘ Virginia Heffernan ’
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Attention Netops
9AM ON
06/10/2009
BY
Beth Comery
A little strange and oddly pleasant to check in with ‘The Daily Show’ and find Jon Stewart and his guest Sarah Vowell discussing Rhode Island and Roger Williams. (Go here for October 5th episode.) She is flogging the paperback edition of her recent book The Wordy Shipmates, and she is still a huge Roger Williams fan. In discussing our unique history, she eloquently restated her opposition to the changing of our name (the whole ‘plantations’ misunderstanding) which she covered last Fourth of July in a widely syndicated column. (Happily, this issue seems to have taken a backseat of late to our more pressing economic problems.) Reviewing the book for The New York Times, the always discerning Virginia Heffernan (who I wish was my cool friend that I could call up whenever I wanted and we would just talk and she would really like me) admits to finding the whole Vowell act a bit wearing, but ultimately admits,
My experience of the book: I kept being annoyed, and I kept reading.
Paperback edition now available at Books on the Square and other fine bookstores everywhere.
6:29PM 09/09/2010
Keith said:
So how do you explain the zogby poll showing Lombardi leading? Angel has NO experience in running anything. They will...
about HUGE Week For Angel Taveras!