It’s beginning to look a lot like pre-school…

I know that the use of language in today’s mass media is geared toward a fifth-grade (or thereabouts) comprehension level. Surely, though, the folks we elect to serve in the highest offices should be at least a little smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps we should have Jeff Foxworthy come and test the entire lot [...]

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Obama’s choice for Army Secretary

Looks like it’s Congressman John McHugh.

Although I get the ‘team of rivals’ philosophy, any time Obama nominates a Republican for a post I find myself looking for the benefits to the Democratic party. Naming Jon Huntsman ambassador to China, for example, takes a potentially credible 2012 GOP contender out of the public eye quite handily. [...]

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Presidentiality and Literateness

Earlier this week I got involved in Facebook discourse regarding suitable materiel for the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Upon reading the assertion that Dr. Seuss might be a little highbrow, I found myself in disagreement. Seuss would be fine as long as there were ready adaptations more pertinent to the political realities faced by [...]

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9 for ‘09: 9 famous people who made 2008 better

 
1. Tina Fey
With her portrayals of Sarah Palin, Tina Fey almost single-handedly made SNL good again.

 
2. Joss Whedon
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. If you haven’t seen it, you owe it to yourself to do so, because it is simply so off-the-wall laugh-out-loud funny. And the music rocks, too.
Honorable mentions to Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and [...]

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The Obama inauguration, in pictures

Obama: Is it time yet? The fat lady’s done singing…
 

Crowd: Is it time yet? The guy 1235965th from the right in row 213958365 needs to pee, and he can’t hold it much longer.
 

Obama: I do solemnly swear that I am up to n… umm, faithfully defend and execute stuff. What you just said, Mr. Chief [...]

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9 for ‘09: 9 things I don’t give a fuck about

I suppose the title of this post is a little misleading, in that if I have bothered to list something here, then I apparently at least a partial fuck about it, enough to write about it. Some would argue, though, that a partial fuck is in its own way more pathetic than no fuck at [...]

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9 for ‘09: 9 ways in which 2009 will manage not to suck

This is the start of a new temporary (maybe 9 days) feature wherein I make lists of stuff. So yeah. Reasons 2009 won’t suck.
1. New albums from Guster and Carbon Leaf
They’re not the only ones, of course, but two perennial favorites who will be releasing new material for the first time since 2006. Perhaps this [...]

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

However any of us may have voted, few can deny that Barack Obama is a phenomenal and inspirational public speaker; his acceptance speech on Tuesday night took millions of people on a wild ride from somber reflection to unbridled optimism, along the way taking in patriotism, the love of family, and the willingness to reach [...]

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Post-game analysis, of sorts.

The dust is finally settling. Democrats now have the White House, and majorities in both Houses of Congress. If you’re bothering to read this, you undoubtedly know what happened in your neck of the woods, so I’m not going to re-hash the results themselves.
Nor am I going to talk at length about the crucial factors [...]

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Democracy calls!

So here we are. Super Tuesday is just hours away, and all Americans who haven’t already taken advantage of early voting systems are called upon to do their civic duty.
The vast majority of pundits, bloggers and party insiders believe that Obama has this election in the bag, and the only remaining question is how big [...]

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