Andrew Sullivan leaves blogging, gives rise to “blogging is dead” columns

For those of you who haven’t already heard, Andrew Sullivan is leaving blogging. Why? Two reasons. The first is one I hope anyone can understand: although it has been the most rewarding experience in my writing career, I’ve now been blogging daily for fifteen years straight (well kinda straight). That’s…

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Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained under UK terrorism law

On Sunday Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian, who played a large role in helping NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leak allegations of a massive U.S. government domestic surveillance program, found out his partner David Miranda was detained by British authorities “under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act of 2000.” At 6:30…

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Andrew Sullivan: “Obama needs to get off his f–king pedestal and get some work done”

Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast opines on how President Barack Obama can turn things around in the wake of his abysmal debate performance last week: Look: there’s time. I’ve sat through a few very very flat Obama performances in my time as well. He is often best when up…

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