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02 Oct

Republican Joe Biden vs. Democrat Sarah Palin

Republican Joe Biden vs. Democrat Sarah Palin

A small hypothetical for you all to entertain as you watch tonight’s debate: When Joe Biden first ran for the Senate, he ran as a Democrat …

 
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26 Sep

Ezra Klein and Thoughts on the First Debate

Ezra Klein and Thoughts on the First Debate

I watched very little of it, but I think Ezra Klein’s assessment sums up the opinions of the blogosphere rather tidily: This is a pretty traditional …

 
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05 Sep

Convention 2008: Andrew Sullivan’s Descent into Madness (or, the long dark teatime of the fool)

Convention 2008: Andrew Sullivan’s Descent into Madness (or, the long dark teatime of the fool)

Y esterday Moe and I with his colleagues in respected corners of the news media who had disparaged Sarah Palin, relying on the rantings from …

 
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04 Sep

Convention 2008: Palin Speech Leaves Democrats Scrambling, Nielsen Viewership Through Roof

Convention 2008: Palin Speech Leaves Democrats Scrambling, Nielsen Viewership Through Roof

So the best attacks the Democrats can muster against Sarah Palin’s epic speech is a twin version of the same spiel: 1) Sarah Palin did not …

 
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03 Sep

Convention 2008: Hillary the Sixties Feminist, Palin the 21st Century Feminist

Convention 2008: Hillary the Sixties Feminist, Palin the 21st Century Feminist

Gov. Palin’s speech was directed not just at the audience in the chamber, but at the Clinton primary voters across the Midwest who could hear …

 
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01 Sep

Convention 2008: Bristol Palin’s Brave Choice

Convention 2008: Bristol Palin’s Brave Choice

Well, that’s one way to rebut a rumor. The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in …

 
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22 Aug

The Pride and the Glory of Marvelous Madden Mishaps

The Pride and the Glory of Marvelous Madden Mishaps

I‘m sure many of you who love 1) football and 2) video games with the obsessive passion I do are fully familiar with the much-debated …

 
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31 Jul

Why Ted Thompson May Be a Horrible GM

Why Ted Thompson May Be a Horrible GM

According to the latest report from Fox’s Jay Glazer, Brett Favre has been traded to the New York Jets. Consider: From 1968 to 1991, the …

 
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30 Jul

I am the One I have been Waiting For

I am the One I have been Waiting For

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin President-elect Barack Obama’s busy schedule yesterday …

 
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16 Jul

On Coffee Snobbery

On Coffee Snobbery

Coffee snobbery: we’ve all experienced it. We’ve all been frustrated by encounters with our own personal Ravens. Few of us know how to …

 
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