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She said that she had wanted to write about the Wilson-Plame matter, but that her editor would not allow it. But Managing Editor Jill Abramson, then the Washington bureau chief, denied this, saying that Judy had never broached the subject with her.

It also doesn't seem credible that Judy wouldn't remember a Marvel comics name like "Valerie Flame." Nor does it seem credible that she doesn't know how the name got into her notebook and that, as she wrote, she "did not believe the name came from Mr. Libby."

An Associated Press story yesterday reported that Judy had coughed up the details of an earlier meeting with Mr. Libby only after prosecutors confronted her with a visitor log showing that she had met with him on June 23, 2003. This cagey confusion is what makes people wonder whether her stint in the Alexandria jail was in part a career rehabilitation project.

Judy refused to answer a lot of questions put to her by Times reporters, or show the notes that she shared with the grand jury. I admire Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Bill Keller for aggressively backing reporters in the cross hairs of a prosecutor. But before turning Judy's case into a First Amendment battle, they should have nailed her to a chair and extracted the entire story of her escapade.

Judy told The Times that she plans to write a book and intends to return to the newsroom, hoping to cover "the same thing I've always covered - threats to our country." If that were to happen, the institution most in danger would be the newspaper in your hands.

 

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I recall howling at that column from a hotel room during the World Series.

"If your sources are wrong," [Miller] said, "you are wrong." But investigative reporting is not stenography.

Great line. Great column.

 

Re: Mo Dowd Sticks a Pin in the Obama Balloon

...in 2005.

 

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That was when the Judy Miller stuff was hitting the fan, wasn't it?

 

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Hey Boom,
The NY Times ran a great recipe for guacamole dip a few years back. Could you find it and post it here? Thanks in advance.

 

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Yeah but you should know Fenian by now - he hands out praise for good work like they are man hole covers.

 

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Breathing again, are you?
And my praise fpr 21 always has been fulsome.

 

Re: Mo Dowd Sticks a Pin in the Obama Balloon

Another of the many reasons the New York Times would never take me:

When confronted with a modern problem, it has never occurred to me to muse what Waugh or Thackerey would have made of it.

 

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Well, maybe if you were a satirist you would. Certainly doesn't surprise me that Mo Dowd did.

 

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I like this one better from 2004. A lot faster to make:

August 11, 2004
FOOD STUFF; Fresh-Tasting Guacamole With a Secret
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Looking for a fresh twist for guacamole and chips? Frontera Foods, started by Rick Bayless, the chef of Frontera Grill in Chicago, has introduced a guacamole mix based on tomatillos, an ingredient that home cooks often ignore. Add three avocados to an 8-ounce jar (about $3.99) and you have a dip with a refreshing tartness and just enough spice. For dipping, polenta chips ($2.49 to $3 for 5 ounces) made by Good Health Natural Foods in Northport, N.Y., are close to irresistible, especially in the mellow barbecue flavor. They also come plain, in hot jalapeño and in tangy guacamole. The chips are sold at Whole Foods and other markets; the mix, at some Whole Foods, will be available in New York in about a month.

 

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Odds that Mo's actually read Waugh or Thackeray?
After all, they don't have a lot in common.

 

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Maybe she's taken a course that studied satire's role in society or something of that nature? I can see her being interested in satire in the same way others might be intrigued by the Civil War.