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 (133)

Erica Jong: Obama defeat will bring civil war »

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

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Obama Infomercial: A Flop With Critics, Ratings »

• Are you seriously suggesting that $1 million from Obama is enough to make the slightest difference to the big networks? A 30-second commercial slot on ...

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• 50 comments from 114 members total

In a vodka-fuelled interview, Tom Jones reveals how his lust for life (and the opposite sex) is as insatiable as ever | Mail Online »

• Wow! Ageless, isn't he?

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• 2 comments from 2 members total

Propeller Week In Review: October 31, 2008 »

• I second that emotion.

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• As Wile E. Coyote used to say: I like the sound of that :).
  
  Have a great weekend, ind.

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• Thanks, Will. I'm hoping that after Election Day, we'll get a decent proportion of non-political threads again. Meanwhile, hold onto your hat....

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• 7 comments from 14 members total

Obama's Loss Traced To James Marcus »

• Especially if he's eating tin cans and cardboard on line at the polling location.

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• She interrupted me during some easy Bartok piece, closed the lid on the keyboard, and told me to leave and never come back. I took ...

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• She used to be my piano teacher when I was a kid.

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• Sorry, I had to vote my conscience :).

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'Dear Mr. Obama' is Most Viewed Election Clip on YouTube »

• Sometimes a man's got to listen to his heart, Pinky.

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• "Dear Mr. Obama" has actually been surpassed in page views by one election-oriented clip on YouTube (whatever the BBC may say)--MadTV's parody of "Umbrella," with ...

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Ex-CIA Expert: Obama Took Millions in Illegal Foreign Donations »

• Both the Obama and McCain campaigns require this information (but not the donor's SS#) on their online donation forms. I don't know what sort of ...

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• Oh, sure, I want to--but I'm not supposed to :).

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• I've made up my mind to pretty much avoid the comment threads until after Election Day. Yet the idiocy of this story is proving irresistible. ...

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Voter Fraud Court Testimony: Obama/ACORN ties extensive »

• Sounds to me like ACORN does have some housecleaning to do. The WSJ article includes a number of serious allegations. Two caveats, though. This bit ...

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250 mourners show up for funeral; grave site not ready »

• I'm a Propeller staffer, omountainman, and if your comment was removed in error (possibly by our spam-fighting robot), my apologies. Can you tell me what ...

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Will the Return of Values Voters Bring Another Election Day Surprise? »

• HB, we really and truly are fixing the format. You can now see who negged a comment--click on the date stamp, and you are taken ...

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• If you are dispirited by the abundance of pro-Republican stories on Propeller, I suggest that you submit, vote, and comment on a spate of pro-Democrat ...

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Obama plans a "Civilian Security Force: »

• It's a social news site, Will, and the community votes/comments this stuff onto the home page.
  
  I hope you won't stop participating in any ...

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• Here's what he said in the article: "We need to be able to deploy teams that combine agricultural specialists and engineers and linguists and cultural ...

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Time for a Gut Check, America »

• Not to mention the fact that Obama has repeatedly expressed his opposition to gay marriage! Here, for example, is a statement that appeared in the ...

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• My comment was humorous, yes, but also a way to indicate my distaste for that insane article. Given the challenges now faced by this country--a ...

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You Like Me, You Really Like Me! Wait, You Don't? »

• It goes back nearly two years, and I keep it in a bombproof bunker at an undisclosed location.

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