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I’ve got to hand it to the Chinese: they do things big.  I had figured that the opening ceremonies of the Olympics today would be spectacular, and though I haven’t seen the television coverage yet, the photographs already released are almost beyond belief.  Frankly, they make all other Olympic host cities look like amateurs.  Look at this photo and tell me they haven’t channeled Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or this one and tell me anybody else could do that.  No way.

I have been so eager for these Olympic games, and I intend to watch a lot–and I mean a lot–of TV coverage.

UPDATE: Last night I did watch the prime time replay of the opening ceremony, and it defied belief.  The moving boxes and thousands of drummers were incredible.  The entire production was simultaneously spectacular and intimidating.  These people will one day be our masters.

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Because this revelation would have sunk his candidacy.  What a shame.

UPDATE: I don’t really want to know any details about this affair, but besides being a terrible thing to do to an ailing wife, it also is a huge waste.  I have said in the past that John Edwards would one day be president.  I figured he’d have serve a couple terms as governor of North Carolina then make another presidential run down the road.  But none of that seems possible now.  I may be speaking prematurely, since lots of politicians get past indiscretions.  But, still, what a pity.

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