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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Don't let the door hit you...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 26 2009, 9:00 AM ET Comment

Was just breezing through the Times edit page, when I saw this at the bottom:

This is William Kristol's last column.
Kristol never seemed to have much respect for the Times before he got there. That didn't change while he was there. His aspect was that of an overrated draft pick, knowing his time is short, and thus out to bed all he can in the meanwhile. Thus in the parlance of our time I say one great thing came out of all this--Like Bo crushing Bosworth, Bill Kristol has been exposed.


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