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Only in The New Yorker, Kids: The Tale of the Cunning Tailor
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: Amy Davidson, Close Read, Guantanamo, Jonathan Taylor, Rahm Emanuel
Jonathan Taylor writes:
At Close Read, Amy Davidson has the last word on the tall crop of Rahm Emanuel tales being told at various firesides:
Would the President's advisers really take pride in striking a deal to open a new Guantánamo? It's the sort of bargain a clever tailor in a fairy tale proposes to a bad elf.
