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, Dec 4, 2012
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, Nov 16, 2012
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Today we're reading about retreating Republicans, how to hate on Williams-Sonoma, and more
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, Nov 13, 2012
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, Nov 6, 2012
Escape to Canada?
Dreading the election? I'm not.
by Steve Bogira
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, Jan 18, 2012
Keeping his Mitts on his money
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Gingrich: This is what democracy smells like
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, Aug 15, 2011
Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?
President Obama begins a key midwest bus tour with a speech in Minnesota today, amid promises from aides of a more combative approach.
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, Nov 3, 2010
Kanye West Knows How George W. Bush Feels
Kanye West is beating George W. Bush in the personal maturity contest of life.
by Lauri Apple
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TIFF Review: The Most Dangerous Man in America
A new documentary profiles the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.
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, Aug 24, 2009
Lutherans, gays, and Gnostics
by Whet Moser
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, Jan 12, 2009
Nature vs nurture
A George W. Bush thought experiment, inspired by his final presser on the subject of FAIL.
by Whet Moser
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, Dec 31, 2008
Hope for the new year pt. 2: Sometimes you just might find you get what you need
Roland Burris's neo-classical self regard is at least preferable to Dubya's faux chill.
by Whet Moser
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, Nov 24, 2008
Depends on what you mean by "one president at a time"
The president-elect moves quickly to save the economy from the still-president.
by Whet Moser
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, Nov 10, 2008
Don't screw this up watch
The Obama pre-administration is moving so fast it's hard to keep up with the news.
by Whet Moser
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, Nov 5, 2008
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Dispatches #11
Still-President Bush congratulates the president-elect.
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, Oct 30, 2008
W.--the outtakes
Scenes Oliver Stone wouldn't let you see, thank God.
by Pat Graham
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, Oct 23, 2008
Et tu, Oliver?
How a misunderestimated president morphed into Oliver Stone's W.
by Pat Graham
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, Sep 3, 2008
RNC retroactive liveblogging but mostly punting
The left is worse than McCain's torturers, Obama wants to kill newborns... and night 1.5 of the RNC was still kinda boring.
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