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James Wood, a very fine literary critic, analyzes the eloquence of Obama's victory speech. (Snarky aside to Jim B: Judith Butler wouldn't know what eloquence was if it came up and bit her.)

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According to Wikipedia, Rahm Emanuel has an Master's degree in Comm Studies from Northwestern. Can anyone confirm? (1985, it says.)(And he belongs to a Modern Orthodox shul--Axelrod signed the ketubah at his wedding--I could just plotz. . . Omri, feeling any better yet?) Meanwhile, you can apply for jobs in the new administration here.

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This map from the NYT (via Sullivan) illustrates the geographical limits of McCain support. As thoughtful conservatives debate the future of their movement, it's also time for the rest of us to consider what these red counties and states want. Once upon a time, most of them were part of the New Deal coalition, and before that were populists. Obviously, we need to give up on gun control. What else?

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It's immensely enjoyable reading National Review Online, the Weekly Standard, and Drudge today. Barack Obama is a much better man than I am, but after having been called a traitor, a Communist, a Christian-hater/secularist, among other things, for the last eight years, I'm not ready. Let them stew in their wretched cultural backwaters. They produce no art, no literature, no science--nothing life-affirming, beautiful, or true.

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