December 2009
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Whether justified or not, we are constantly delivering death to the Muslim...
– Cause and effect in the “Terror War”
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If the necessary confrontation does not take place we will execute the leaders...
– Fascist Alert: One Week to Punish Mousavi and Karubi
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THE charred underpants of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tell the story of a...
– From shoes to soft drinks to underpants
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Thanks for singling me out as the one human being who has done more than anyone...
– Steve Jobs by Fake Jobs
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The biggest losers [in the workplace revolution by women] are poor...
– Women and work: We did it! | The Economist
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The books we can’t make sense of, that knock us off-kilter, that we...
– Michael Dirda: Dashing International Man of Mystery and Sophisticated Boulevardier
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If the [self-worth bank] account is already full, we might be predisposed to...
– Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About
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Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of...
– Separating Explosives from the Detonator
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Good luck getting a hobby knife through a concourse checkpoint, while a pocket...
– The latest on Northwest flight 253 | The Economist
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What was truly impressive about the decade past, however, was our unwillingness,...
– The Big Zero: Same as it ever was
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On international flights, I actually brought two notebooks as a means to...
– [A Few of My Favorite] Things That Scare Me
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Yes, we have. And yes, we still are the ones we’ve been waiting for - if...
– Obama, The Year in Review - By Andrew Sullivan
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I can’t climb Glenn Beck since there’s nothing there.
– Colbert Dishes On Bush, Glenn Beck, and MSNBC
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I really think we’re beyond reforming corporate media,” said...
– The top 10 stories not brought to you by mainstream news media
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‘He will always love me, but he cannot turn himself into a heterosexual....
– When Gareth told me he was gay, it was as if the man I loved had died | Mail Online
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Many on the left so loathe these [insurance] companies they’d rather leave...
– Health Insurance Stocks Go Up - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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Mainstreaming torture and legitimizing the abuse of people in American custody...
– Dick Cheney: Conservative Of The Year
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The liberal base is not always best represented by HuffPo and Howard Dean.
– Department of Understatement: The Obama Coalition Regroups
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I still get the occasional death threat.
– Peggy Drexler: Gay Marriage’s Big Problem
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For centuries unjust laws banned marriage between blacks and whites or Indians...
– Mexico City Approves Gay Marriage
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We treat the reader like a complete person rather than someone only interested...
– It Takes A Village: An Interview with Patrick Appel | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
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Being paid to stay informed is hard to beat.
– Reading towards utopia, #1
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Most political arguments are not original: they are a regurgitation of dusty...
– It Takes A Village: An Interview with Patrick Appel | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
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The day I stop reading RSS feeds is the day I stop reading the Web (this site...
– Comment by Louis Gray on RSS Reader Market in Disarray, Continues to Decline
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Patients can access quality health care if they can prove their name is...
– Senate unveils CompromiseCare
Chuck now works for JP Morgan.
– Funny Games
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Since I cant distinguish liberals from moderates from conservatives when it...
– Marriage Equality’s Civil Rights Rip-Off
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Climate change doesn’t just change the climate; it also changes the taste of...
– The Taste of Climate Change, or things that make me sad
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It’s a dubious proposition that sending a couple dirty pictures to a...
– Sexting Hysteria Drives Teen to Suicide. Media Blames Sexting, Fuels More Hysteria
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Three Pennsylvania girls, ages 14 and 15, who took semi-nude pictures of...
– Anatomy of a Child Pornographer, or lessons in American sanity
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I’ve never had any particular interest in writing about people with money.
– ANNIE PROULX interviewed by Steve Lafreniere in Vice Magazine