JamesMarcus

James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also written about jazz, pop, and classical music for Salon, The Oregonian, and WBUR Online Arts, and is currently editor-at-large at The Columbia Journalism Review. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.

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Submitted Comments (132)

U2 - One Tree Hill »

• Happy Birthday, CM. Now go ahead, blow the candles out.

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Republican Warns of Obama Dictatorship »

• I'd be curious to hear his other statements on the subject. I'm pretty sure we can rule out a personal army of Obama acolytes. As ...

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• As far as I know, he used the phrase "civilian security force" just once, during a July 2 speech at the University of Colorado. That's ...

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• It's certainly reasonable to demand that Obama clarify his position on gun control. He has taken some contradictory stands on the issue. In a February ...

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• ABW, you're talking about 48 percent of the voters--and as you know, many millions of them don't fit that description. Just thought I'd mention it ...

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• Wow, the hilarity never ends. I was hoping Election Day might put a damper on this kind of rubbish--how wrong I was. I don't know ...

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America, the Illieterate »

• And might that young adult be related to you in some way :)?

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What A Surprise! Media Shilled for Obama-Washington Post »

• Most publications have a least a slight bias, whatever they may claim. I'm always mentally correcting, depending on where the news is coming from. But ...

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• Needless to say the "Chicago thug" quote is unsourced--the "longtime associate" could be anybody on the planet. Which doesn't mean that Clinton didn't say it. ...

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Propeller Week In Review: November 7, 2008 »

• I sympathize with your frustration over the ballot initiatives in CA, FL, AR, AZ--it's an ugly business. I do think we are seeing a cultural ...

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• You're welcome, CM. Neophile's story currently has 1,206 comments, which I believe sets a new Propeller record (we can double-check that in the database). Should ...

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• You forgot the EIK, crown moldings, and solid-gold cuspidors throughout. A bidding war may drive up the price as high as $829.85.

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• Alert as in hair-trigger reflexes :)?

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• Ghetto? More like a penthouse, I would say :).

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Fox News: Palin didn't know Africa was a continent »

• Under normal circumstances, the markets thrive on certainty and spike right after the election. I expected to happen on Wednesday. The thing is, these are ...

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A teenager has changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined." »

• I thought that CFFTSSBWHATFC had a lesson for all of us :).

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"Simpsons" hit for not-so-gay crack »

• As usual, it's a fine line between removing junk and playing hall monitor. The worst stuff is being removed, the borderline stuff is subject to ...

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• Believe me, it was warranted. Oh, and we got the usual offers to download nude Paris Hilton videos, etc. Spammers never sleep!

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Sam Cooke: "A Change Is Gonna Come" »

• Glad you enjoyed it. Cooke was partly moved to write it by Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind"--I guess it got his competitive juices going.

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Obama Beats McCain to Become First Black President »

• Supposedly he wanted to pick Lieberman, but was dissuaded by his advisers, who said that a pro-choice VP candidate would be the last nail in ...

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• And remember--don't inhale.

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• It was an extremely gracious, heartfelt, and moving concession speech. The old John McCain returned--better late than never.

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Proof That George W. Bush Believes That Christians And Muslims Worship The Same God »

• I looked him in the eye and examined his soul.

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• And that was at a Guess Who concert, right :)?

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• Good for GWB.

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Barack Obama's grandmother dies »

• That is a really grotesque response.

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Obama's Grandmother Dies A Day Before Election »

• Mine too.

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ROLLING STONES... Waiting On A Friend... »

• Never saw this one before--thanks for posting. Mick looks fairly goofy in the hat and white pants, and Keith is positively the picture of health, ...

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Erica Jong: Obama defeat will bring civil war »

• Wow, Erica Jong has really gone off her rocker.

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