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Archive of Articles for February, 2012

Sexist Leap Day Fun

[ Posted Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 – 17:11 UTC ]

But there's another Leap Day tradition in America, from a suburban Chicago city. Aurora, Illinois used to be famous for its Leap Day fun, when the unmarried women took over the town and arrested all the unmarried men for the "crime" of being a bachelor. Yes, you read that right.

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Calling Michigan And Arizona

[ Posted Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 – 16:15 UTC ]

It's that time once again, kiddies, when we gather 'round the virtual fireplace and throw a few darts at the wall to predict the outcome of today's Republican primary races. Feel free to join us here tonight as we sit back and watch the results come in!

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Apology Derangement Syndrome

[ Posted Monday, February 27th, 2012 – 17:44 UTC ]

While everyone knew that the Republican primary candidates would all be displaying plenty of "Obama Derangement Syndrome" during the campaign, this week the rhetoric took a bizarre tangent which might be called "Apology Derangement Syndrome." The concept is not only laughable, it is easy to prove what rampant and stinking hypocrisy those espousing it are truly guilty of displaying.

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Friday Talking Points [199] -- My "War On Women" Rant

[ Posted Friday, February 24th, 2012 – 17:51 UTC ]

"When the going gets weird," Hunter S. Thompson famously said, "the weird turn pro."

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Winning The Culture Wars

[ Posted Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 – 17:38 UTC ]

A tectonic shift is in process in American politics, and while individual incidents occasionally draw attention, the larger continental drift is usually not in focus. Because Democrats have started winning the so-called "culture wars."

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Republicans' Democrat Envy

[ Posted Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 – 15:50 UTC ]

You might not know it from the extended bouts of hair-pulling-and-garment-rending anguish emanating from the Republican Party establishment these days (see: any recent GOP commentary by a party elder or deep thinker which uses the phrase "brokered convention"), but the Republican Party is getting exactly what they asked for. Not just asked for, in fact, but specifically planned on.

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Mitt Romney Finally Takes My Advice

[ Posted Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 – 18:02 UTC ]

But the focus from the media has so far been on the wrong car -- at least as far as I am concerned.

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George Washington's Biggest Critic

[ Posted Monday, February 20th, 2012 – 15:03 UTC ]

While this may -- as a direct result of a very successful mythmaking campaign -- be almost universally true today, it was not when the flesh-and-blood man (not the myth) held office as the new nation's first "Chief Magistrate" (as it was referred to back then). Yes, even Washington had his media critics.

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Friday Talking Points [198] -- Milbank's Unfunny Puns

[ Posted Friday, February 17th, 2012 – 17:21 UTC ]

President Barack Obama certainly had an impressive week, getting from Congress exactly what he demanded in the State Of The Union message -- a payroll tax holiday extension for the rest of the year... with "no drama."

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Thursday Convention Speculation

[ Posted Thursday, February 16th, 2012 – 17:38 UTC ]

But it sure would be interesting to watch that convention on television, wouldn't it?

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