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By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyWith a terse, three-word explanation -- "confirmed by sources" -- Mark Halperin at Time has identified Mark Salter as the author of "O: A Presidential Novel," the book released earlier this month by Simon & Schuster. Halperin is well-connected and an intrepid reporter. Salter is widely known in Washington as a longtime Capitol Hill aide, speechwriter, and confidant to Sen. John McCain, as well as a collaborator on McCain's acclaimed biographical books. Those works, especially "Faith of My Fathers," are evocatively written -- there is a reason they are runaway best sellers -- but they are ...
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By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyLast month, the New York Times launched a "summer thriller" series. Although heartened by the decision to include fiction writing in its Sunday offering, I wondered about the newspaper's placement of the work. ...
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By Michelle Brafman - Politics DailyRia, your cry to knock down the wall between literature and daily life put a big fat smile on the face of this fiction writer. Was the Times op-ed section the most appropriate place to run a short story? Probably not. I agree with Bonnie on that one, and like Jill, I wouldn't advise messing with Modern Love either. ...
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