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Feb.19.2009 - 10:15 am
HILLARY, WHAT WERE YOU THINKIN'
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I've been intrigued by the recent behavior of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Relaxed really doesn't capture it. Gone is the smug, 'time to kick your ass' posture, the...
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Feb.04.2009 - 9:29 am
propagandist in search of meaning
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, to Kenneth T. Walsh of U.S. News: 'I'm usually getting here at about 6 in the morning. You have access to the smartest people in the...
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Jan.26.2009 - 5:09 pm
AUDACITY WALKIN'
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For the big-picture folks, the quick fire first week of  the Obama Presidency clearly deomonstrates the administration is taking form. And while now casting out demons of the...
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Jan.23.2009 - 12:56 pm
IF IT'S HARVARD.....
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Harvard University's Institute of Politics today announced a stellar list of fellows for the spring term. They include; Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Obama for America...
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Writing

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Article: 'ANARCHIST' FOLDING...YUK
Article: Black Portraiture[s]: The Black Body in the West
Article: WRITERS AND ARTIST AT HARVARD

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Reviews I've Written

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Between Barack and a Hard Place
27.Jan.2009
Barack's Hard Place
jeffery mcnary reviews
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise
Prof. Gerald Early of Washington University recently wrote, “Many of us black professionals, members of the black elite, keep the embers of our victimization burning for...
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Comments from jeffery

Apr.18.2011 - 10:11 am
In response to: this american life
the book; the review
...i am enthralled by the entire package. i am blown away...by the subject...by the writer...by the time in history.
Jan.26.2009 - 9:17 am
In response to: The Inaugural Speech,and then, the poem....
INAUGURAL POETRY
robert pinsky wrote, "the art of poetry has many of its roots in hierarchical, pre-democratic culture:the...
Jan.24.2009 - 3:41 pm
In response to: THE CURIOUS CASE OF CAROLINE KENNEDY
yep, i think she could have
yep, i think she could have brought something that's missing to the senate. what a weird appoint that was made, yes? i...
Jan.22.2009 - 3:55 pm
In response to: new news!
new news
yep, jennifer, she was there, and questioned mr. gibbs petty vigorously about torture!!
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About jeffery

Jeffery McNary grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and after a career in public service,  turned to journalism and writing. His work can be found in Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The Vineyard Gazette, the Boston Phoenix, Transition Magazine, Neotericart, NewCity, and...
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Causes jeffery mcnary Supports

Better Government Association

jeffery’s Favorite Books

Didion's "The White Album", "The Long Affair" by Connor Cruise O'Brien, "Havana's in Camelot" by William Styron, Yourcenar's, "Hadrian", "King of the Cats" by...