- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 17, 2012
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Lewis Black at City Winery Chicago
A review of Lewis Black's show at the new City Winery Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 9, 2012
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Apply now to Newt University
Offering a Bachelor of Conservative Arts program second to none
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2012
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A duck walks into a Republican
Our Oulipian wordplay begins.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2012
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The values we believe in
In this SuperPac era, God's endorsement isn't helping Rick Santorum much.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 17, 2012
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Our treacherous food stamp president
Would any Republican candidates resort to demagoguery on King's birthday?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 8, 2012
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Maybe they were thinking about the 48-hour-long tailgate parties
The presidential candidates' vague idea of what's going on in the world the rest of us live in
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 22, 2011
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Our candidates, ourselves
The intellectual qualifications of the Republican primary field.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 18, 2011
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This is what theocracy looks like
The Republican candidates tackle the key biblical issues in Iowa Saturday.
- Movies, Movie Review, Nov 17, 2011
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Death and Texas
Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss and Kartemquin Films' At the Death House Door look at capital punishment in the Lone Star State.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2011
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Debate fatigue
The Republican candidates are suffering from jet lag and burnout
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 14, 2011
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Bachmann: waterboarding uncomfortable but effective
Michele Bachmann stands up for waterboarding.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2011
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Elect me whachamacallit
Rick Perry's memorable forgetful moment in last night's debate.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 7, 2011
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Obama's reelection chances
To win a second term, Obama needs the economy to be improving, especially if he has to face Mitt Romney, says statistician Nate Silver.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 7, 2011
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They are the 50 percent(ile)
In the city of the big coin flip, President Obama, the Bears, and the Northwestern Wildcats are right in the middle of things.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 30, 2011
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A new interest in the economy
On Obama's coming jobs speech, another stimulus, and the need to bone up on economics.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 16, 2011
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Rick Perry, Cameron Todd Willingham, and the death penalty
Critics in the Willingham case say a man was executed on the basis of junk science; Texas governor Rick Perry disagrees.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 15, 2011
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Rick Perry: Texas A&M fan, presidential candidate, fibber
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 2, 2009
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Cameron Todd Willingham: it only gets worse
