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January 31, 2007

Men's Journal: The new, green Congress

The February issue of Men's Journal includes a short half-page item by me on why the new Democratic Congress could be "the greenest Congress in decades." The article's real claim to fame, however, is my use of the phrase "testosterone Democrats" (in a description of Montana's Jon Tester) weeks before Ryan Lizza used "Alpha Male Democrat" in The New York Times. (This is the kind of petty squabble over a conceptual scoop that you turn to Suellentrop.com for!) It's not online, so you'll have to part with $4.95 at your local newsstand for it, or just stand there and read page 39 before putting it back on the shelf.

Shorter Men's Journal: "The starkest transition will take place on the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, where California's Boxer takes over for the outgoing chairman, Oklahoma's James Inhofe. In terms of policy direction, it's like Hunter S. Thompson taking over for Bill Bennett on drug policy."

January 31, 2007 at 11:57 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Slate: The NFL Playoffs

Just what you need on the Wednesday before the Super Bowl: Discussion of the divisional round from mid-January! I've been late in posting this here, but Josh Levin invited Seth Stevenson and me to participate in an e-mail dialogue about the NFL playoffs, in advance of the divisional round games. Click here to start at the beginning, or here, here, and here to skip to my entries, which delve into Marty Schottenheimer's fondness for the Tropical Blizzard.

January 31, 2007 at 11:40 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)