May 2011

Fact

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Front Page News

Via Daring Fireball: The Newseum has hundreds of front pages from Monday’s newspapers.

Airy Persiflage

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Side Effects

Hmm… I wonder whether the death of Osama bin Laden will have any influence on Muammar Qaddafi’s willingness to negotiate his exit from Libya?

Politics

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Obama on Saturday

On Friday, President Obama ordered action against Osama bin Laden.

On Saturday, he spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The video seems a little different, knowing what we know now — especially when he says, “What a week!” or “These are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night.”

Donald Trump, who seemed so important last week, looks about as significant as a damp, soiled dishrag.