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Freedom of religion

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:29:38 -0400

Freedom of religion

Republicans are, stereotypically and statistically, preponderantly Christian, so Pagan Republicans make news. Dan Halloran continues to be the most senior elected official of his faith, so his arrest in a pay-to-play scheme has…

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Hatred makes a poor bedfellowNot all Republicans are...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:22:06 -0400

Hatred makes a poor bedfellow

Not all Republicans are narrow.

Watching the slow and ponderous debate over same-sex marriage, and…

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Clinton waffles again

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:05:05 -0400

In a testament to the poll-watching strategy he used while in office, Bill Clinton has come out against the Defense Against Marriage Act, saying that it is “incompatible with our Constitution.”

He’s right, of course, but it begs the question: was this…

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dreadproblems: - southx3sider I still consider myself someone...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:01:31 -0500

dreadproblems:

- southx3sider

I still consider myself someone with dreadlocks … dreadlocks that were reset in November so they can lock naturally, and haven’t chosen to do that yet.

kiplinger: As our CEO Knight Kiplinger likes to say, “the...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:59:16 -0500

kiplinger:

As our CEO Knight Kiplinger likes to say, “the biggest barrier to becoming rich is living like you’re rich before you are.”

"The idea that a college diploma is an all-but-mandatory ticket to a successful career is showing..."

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:29:43 -0500

“The idea that a college diploma is an all-but-mandatory ticket to a successful career is showing fissures. Feeling squeezed by a sagging job market and mounting student debt, a groundswell of university-age heretics are pledging allegiance to new groups like UnCollege, dedicated to “hacking” higher education. Inspired by billionaire role models, and empowered by online college courses, they consider themselves a D.I.Y. vanguard, committed to changing the perception of dropping out from a personal failure to a sensible option, at least for a certain breed of risk-embracing maverick. Risky? Perhaps. But it worked for the founders of Twitter, Tumblr and a little company known as Apple.”

- Saying No to College - NYTimes.com (via infoneer-pulse)

newyorker: Cartoon by David Borchart. For more from this week’s...

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:58:31 -0500

newyorker:

Cartoon by David Borchart. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/Splnqb

. . . and the band played appropriate music

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:06:55 -0500

Barack Obama has been reelected. Here are a few things to celebrate about that:

He won both the popular and electoral votes, so we don’t have to spend yet another four years complaining about another “stolen election.”

The Sandy impact didn’t seem to…

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Tears for Romney

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:49:34 -0500

Tears for Romney:

Some people took the election results harder than others.

Grammar Girl says, “Forget about the grammar [for now].”

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:41:38 -0500

lettersandlight:

During #NaNoPrep last month, I posted the above advice on Twitter, and a few people’s heads exploded because Grammar Girl was saying not to worry about grammar. I didn’t mean you shouldn’t use the proper grammar you know. I meant you shouldn’t stop to look up things you don’t know.

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So, it comes to this.

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:30:26 -0400

So, it comes to this.

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:02:00 -0400

So, it comes to this.

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:54:42 -0400

So, it comes to this.

What makes unions weak

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:45:42 -0400

Ever since I joined a labor union at the tender age of seventeen, I’ve realized that organized labor is kept weak by endless laws. Within just a month or so of being a member of the United Good and Commercial Workers International Union, or whatever…

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Peace, freedom, and zombies = my kind of Republican

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:26:14 -0400

NPR turned me onto what Nancy Pelosi’s opponent is up to these days: the first zombie-themed campaign ad I’ve ever seen.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEdKqbqCGnc&w=1176&h=692]
I admit that using zombies is gimmicky, but it’s a gimmick that…

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Beating the drum of WAR!

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:48:11 -0400

My neighbors and I will be selecting a new representative to Congress this year; our old one is retiring and they redrew the district lines, as well. First-term Congressman Chris Gibson, technically not an incumbent because he’s never represented this…

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Why am I a Republican?

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:54:44 -0400

When I took the best Presidential candidate quiz ever, the Republican candidate came in a sad fifth, behind even Obama, whose positions on civil liberties simply terrify me. So why am I a Republican?

Of course, no one should vote a party line without…

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The annual anniversary dance

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:25:21 -0400

Here we go again. AP reports an investigation into whether the Libyan embassy attack was a nod to 9/11. There is no question that this attack was a tragedy, but Americans are so anniversary-centric that we leap to the conclusion that everyone else…

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The election is in the USA, remember?

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:23:28 -0400

The election is in the USA, remember?

xombiedirge: Sleeping Cat by Shannon Wheeler

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:14:14 -0400

xombiedirge:

Sleeping Cat by Shannon Wheeler