Archive | December, 2011

Politics and Prejudice

Author: Butler Adams

“She’s adorable,” a “gay-friendly Iowan” told…

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Author: Butler Adams

There’s a pointed quote in George Packer’s mostly negative New Yorker…

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Kill the host, kill the …. (?)

Author: nemo paradise

Things are looking up for nemo.  For weeks now, he has been submerged in a Stygian gloom,…

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Citizens Disunited

Author: Butler Adams

An irony of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision extending free speech…

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Reasons Not to Tax the Rich Rapidly Evaporating

Author: Butler Adams

Recently NPR went in search of small business owners who would declare, in support of…

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the Physics of making coffee

Author: CfE

 
I love coffee. If you don’t, go away.  The chief tasting guy at Starbucks…

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Corporations Develop, Destroy Internet

Author: Butler Adams

Let’s say I make a bunch of pirated copies of a DVD movie, stick the discs in envelopes,…

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Good Book, Bad Boys

Author: Butler Adams

Mixed moral messages are everywhere this election season. Liberal commentators like…

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Nemo Says “Humbug”

Author: Burt Kozloff

Writing at another venue, the Daily Pundit, nemo is sore wroth at the author of this quote:…

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Warning! Don’t Use Your Head For A Pool Cue!

Author: nemo paradise

 
You think that football is dangerous?  We are alarmed to hear from CNN that soccer…

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The Insider Scoop: Bank Bailout Surprise

Author: Butler Adams

Take a break from bad news and indulge in some holiday cheer? Maybe in real life. But here…

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