Monthly Archives: May 2008

Seventy Percent

May 16, 2008 – 8:05 am

From my compulsive checking of CNN’s Democratic Delegate counter I see that Clinton has passed the magical (cus I decided so) 70% mark. She now needs to gain more than 70% of all outstanding delegates and superdelegates. That’s not to win, that’s just to stop Obama winning. For outright victory she has to get 73%. [...]

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More Atticus

May 15, 2008 – 10:49 am

Rather timely, here’s a piece on what happened to the Finch family after the book: So much happened in that year and a half. Lessons were learned, innocence was lost, and a child put her fear of people different from herself behind her. There’s no denying it was a narratively gripping time. We were fortunate [...]

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Atticus

May 14, 2008 – 12:35 pm

I recently read To Kill A Mockingbird, essentially by accident. Browsing the entertainment aisle at the local supermarket I saw it on offer, thought “That’s the sort of book you’re supposed to read, isn’t it?”, and dropped it in my trolley*. I’ve tried with one or two books that you’re supposed to read. Anything Russian [...]

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