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This week's obligatory opining on Issue 2-- l'affaire Lewinsky --centers on the upcoming grand jury testimony of Linda Tripp.
Furthermore, there is yet another Op-Ed piece in the New York Times today on the Brooklyn Museum show, this one by Philippe de Montebello, in which he characterizes the works on display there as by artists "who deserve to remain obscure or be forgotten," boldly opining, "I have seen the exhibition, and I think the emperor has no clothes."
The paper quotes Speaker Dennis Hastert opining that there is a tax agreement with the White House in the offing.
How many of those opining solemnly on the Indonesian financial crisis this past week know (or care) squat about Indonesian finance?
The WP spotlights the "early-bird" shopping trend; the NYT likewise hones in on the bargain hunters, opining that "the 1990s have transformed the holiday shopping experience into one giant national hunt for deals."