Monthly Archives: January 2011

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“Many of Obama’s detractors have always thought that Obama’s talk of civility and commonality was a form of—take your pick—misty-eyed idealism, cynical performance art, or above-the-fray haughtiness. I could not disagree more. Everything I learned while writing a biography of Obama tells me that his belief in civility, his capacity for hearing out the opposition, his belief in the necessity of compromise, is genuine and deeply ingrained in him.”

David Remnick, New Yorker

Meanwhile…

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In this clip from the 90 minute documentary Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides, which aired on PBS in the States last night, the dude visits The Little Lebowski magazine and hobby shop in Greenwich Village NYC, to talk about his collaboration with the Coen Brothers.

The dude.

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