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The Seminal Moment That Wasn't 19 Jun 2010 | 04:07 pm
Almost always when a ref makes a mistake it's a missed offsides or an unseen handball. It's what's not seen that gets the official in trouble (Diego Maradona's Hand of God and Thierry Henry's dubious ...
Progress 11 Jun 2010 | 12:59 pm
Here's to the hope of a silver lining in this corporate-sponsored, free market disaster. Perhaps yet another junk punch to our collective groins will make people more agreeable to the notion that grea...
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride 8 Jun 2010 | 01:05 pm
Last week I attended an event at the White House. (Because that's how I roll.) When I called my dad to tell him about the ceremony and the experience, his first question was whether I had to produce m...
What If Political Reporters Provided Context? 7 Jun 2010 | 05:41 am
I know. That sounds like a lot of work. But at least we wouldn't be inundated with variations of remedial MoDoism, when presidential mannerisms are viewed through the prism of an introductory philosop...
Rovian Ramblings 2 Jun 2010 | 11:13 am
Then: The federal government’s responsibilities were met under Katrina which were to provide the immediate assistance, to pluck people off of the roofs. And now: Could this be Mr. Obama's Katrina? I...
Those Tar Balls Are Nothing More Than Freedom's Residue 29 May 2010 | 09:15 am
BP engineers aren't the only folks working hard on the oil spill: I think it’s actually right to say that the BP oil spill is something like Obama’s Katrina, but not in the sense in which most critics...
Company We Keep 28 May 2010 | 03:03 pm
The few, the proud, the unenlightened: Cuba, China, Egypt, Iran, Jamaica, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, United States,...
Virginia Is For Lovers 8 Apr 2010 | 02:23 pm
Of secession: Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, reviving a controversy that had been dormant for eight years, has declared that April will be Confederate History Month in Virginia, a move that angered civil ...
Not That He Ever Was 6 Apr 2010 | 11:34 am
Fairly sure Can't Remember Shit isn't fatal, unless we're talking about one's credibility: As he faces a potentially tough Republican U.S. Senate primary in Arizona, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) no longer ...
Communism Is In The Details 4 Apr 2010 | 10:18 am
Substance-lite reporter files substance-free article hitting Obama for talking about substance: Even by President Obama's loquacious standards, an answer he gave here on health care Friday was a dooz...
