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Will be missed. What was the justification for the dissolution of a good-to-great column? I'd agree with the others: Audiofile was much more edifying than Video Dog.
Ms. Traister praises the speeched lilt and cadence and claims that Ms. Obama is a highly-capable public speaker. I assume that Ms. Traister suspended her regularly scheduled critic's ear--Ms. Obama's speech was plastic, transparent, and heartfelt only by dint of stage direction. Her presentation was too practiced and studied; her cadence was as scripted as a May Day Red Square march, designed to show off goodness and light rather than military potency. I've no doubt that Ms. Obama is a whip-smart and sign-savvy woman, but Ms. Traister might at least try to pretend to objectivity while she backstrokes in the Obamas' bathwater.
