January 22, 2007

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INTERVIEW

‘We were losing the Civil War. Lincoln kept firing generals until he found one who understood what total victory was.' GEN. JACK KEANE TALKS TO LUIZA CH. SAVAGE ABOUT THE WISDOM OF A TROOP SURGE IN IRAQ, AND THE PARALLEL BETWEEN BUSH AND LINCOLN

MAIL BAG

‘Whether or not the RCMP concocted a dog massacre, the Inuit felt that they had’ ‘JAILBAIT' KIDS YOUR PICTURE of a young girl in a tank top and a micro-mini really caught my eye (“Why do we dress our daughters like skanks?” Cover, Jan l). And your interview with author Celia Rivenbark summed up what I’ve been arguing my entire life—if I am truly cute, wouldn’t it be redundant to wear a shirt that says so? Rivenbark makes the connection between inappropriate fashion and songs like Nelly Furtado’s Promiscuous.

WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ‘THE DAILY SHOW’?

The comedy everyone used to talk about just isn’t as fresh or funny as it used to be JAIME J. WEINMAN “fake of The steam? news” Daily Two Show years comedy running ago, show was out the the hottest thing on basic cable (admittedly not a huge competition).

NEWS MAKERS

WE'RE HEADING TOWARD SOCIALISM,AND NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN PREVENT IT'-VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ,ANNOUNCING PLANS TO NATIONALIZE THE COUNTRY'S UTILITIES ANGELINA JOLIE WAL-MART GETS A CELEBRITY GREETER Last week, a Miami gallery unveiled Blessed Art Thou, a painting featuring Angelina Jolie in a Virgin Mary-like pose.

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