Closing ceremony is unparalleled

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- There's a reason we come, despite the nonsense. There's a reason we come to the Olympics still, every two years now, despite the fact that sometimes you get William Shatner or the odd, massive inflatable moose. What with all the overdone stagecraft and security hassles, the butt-covering parsing of words or the smugne

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Jason Linkins: McDonnell Rebuttal Heavily Underwritten By Wa

This morning, not a whole lot is being said about Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell's GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union address. McDonnell's effort, which he executed with new era stagecraft, was paid for largely with Wall Street contributions to his PAC.

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CIA's Lost Magic Manual Resurfaces

At the height of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency paid $3,000 to renowned magician John Mulholland to write a manual on misdirection, concealment, and stagecraft. All known copies of the document were believed to be destroyed in 1973. But recently, the manuals resurfaced, and have now been published.

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Susan J. Demas: Sarah Palin's Lady Gaga Tour of Michigan

Sarah Palin blew into Grand Rapids with all the stagecraft (and subtlety) of Lady Gaga, pulling up in a bus ensconced with the cover photo from her book, down to her glossy lips and heavenward gaze.

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