Articles by Fraser Seitel
2006: Year of the Apology
"Back comes Oprah! Back comes Oprah! Back Comes Oprah!" In a comeback off the canvas that would have driven Howard Cosell cockeyed, the queen of American television last week redeemed her reputation with a blistering knockout of contemptible new-millionaire author.
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Sleeping with the Enemy
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." -- Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1989 The late and legendary community activist must have been giddy in his grave the other day, when the world's largest lending institution,...
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Why Bush Held His Own with Russert
With apologies to the Democratic candidates, The New York Times editorial page, Don Imus, and -- of all people -- Peggy Noonan, I beg to differ. I think President Bush acquitted himself smartly this weekend in his head-to-head battle...
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Meet the Un-Enron: Banking's Next Top Gun
In the 1970s, three commercial banks dominated the world. Chase Manhattan. Bank of America. Citibank. Each sat atop more than $100 billion in assets and deposits. Just below the Big 3 in rank were a host of banking behemoths,...
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Learning from Limbaugh
"I offered an opinion. This opinion has caused discomfort to the crew, which I regret." -- Rush L
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Seizing the Pre-Pubescent Pirates
"We really look at it as stealing, because to us, it's black and white. Either you pay for it or you don't." -- Nelly,
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