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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 24 > Trying a little too hard

Trying a little too hard


August 24, 2008

Today’s rumination stems from this proposition: As writers, sometimes we try too hard.

This was the problem last month at the good gray New York Times, where an editorial writer set out to discuss foreign policy. Thus we learned:

“Until this week, when Sen. Barack Obama, the....

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