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The Onion: Obama’s High Speed Bus Plan
“Moving on, Congress has passed a compromise bill allowing illegal immigrants to live in the US as long as their feet never touch the ground.” Too funny.
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The Moderate Electorate
A great article from POLITICO about changing our political system: As our problems mount, too many Americans are losing confidence in the future. Restoring that confidence requires systemic reforms that begin to move us from the politics of point-scoring to … Continue reading
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Advocacy Satire
MUST READ. The New York Times recognizes Jon Stewart’s impact on the 9/11 responders health bill, comparing Stewart to Murrow and Cronkite. What do you think?
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Conflictinator Concoction Of The Week: TSA Pat Downs
For me, the most staggering part of last months Rally to Restore Sanity was Jon Stewart’s closing speech criticizing today’s media environment. If you have not seen it, watch it here, and why haven’t you seen it yet!? The speech … Continue reading
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Colbert Testifies
Here is Stephen Colbert’s opening statement during today’s hearing of the Subcommittee on Immigration. Hilarious.
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Mourning in America?
I guess–if I had a complete disregard for history and/or context–I could agree with this Ronald Reagan “Morning in America” spin-off ad: Of course, I don’t. I find it hard to believe that most Americans have reason to mourn when … Continue reading
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Five Reasons Europeans Care More About Food
Five dishes I ate when I was in Europe this summer: Okay fine, 6 dishes, I gotta add my favorite:
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Take a free Harvard Philosophy course
I recently discovered that Michael Sandel’s famous “Justice” course at Harvard had been video taped and produced for a WGBH television series. The 12-episode series is available to view online, along with suggested readings (from Bentham to Kant) for free! … Continue reading
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I posed naked in ’85 too
Actually I wasn’t born in ’85 but that was our trivia team name tonight. Other teams: “Martha CHOKEley,” “Cock Brown,” and “I didn’t want universal health care anyway.” Seriously though, along with the Massachusetts I thought I knew I was … Continue reading
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I’m back, and Fox News is still thriving
It’s about time for me to return to the blogging thing. Incase you were wondering, I am now graduated, working at the Apple store in Boston, living in Brighton, hanging out in Allston, and thinking about going to graduate school … Continue reading
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