December 2010
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“There’s been a lot written about Detroit, but Charlie LeDuff’s essay ‘Who...”
– David Brooks in his Tuesday New York Times column, citing Charlie’s story as one of the best this year. We’re inclined to agree. Check it out for yourself.
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"Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests... →
So said the vice president of the Confederacy. On the eve of the Civil War’s sesquicentennial, Miller-McCune magazine reminds us why the South really fought…and tries to explain what’s wrong with all those Dixie re-enactors.
On the first day of Christmas, WikiLeaks gave to... →
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Covering the BP oil spill for four months?... →
Mac McClelland breaks down the costs of the new new journalism for you.
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Charles Barkley comprehensively offends everyone... →
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“Several interested applicants have written to point out that the link provided...”
– Years ago, I signed up for job alerts from the UN and never figured out how to turn them off.
But I do get occasional geography lessons.
(via adamweinstein)
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If Senators were trapped and forced to eat each... →
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WatchZombie ants! Seriously. Via Laughing Squid
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“The Sheriff’s Department interviewed King about his religious leanings in...”
– MoJo editorial fellow takes on prisoners’ weird worshiping rights in “California Court Considers Salami, Festivus.”
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“The defense could have proposed that it’s never normal or sane to believe...”
– Scott Carrier on the trial of the Utah man recently convicted of abducting Elizabeth Smart: an inside look at the mystical religious fervor that grips many Americans…and took center stage in Smart’s case.
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“The defense could have proposed that it’s never normal or sane to believe...”
– Scott Carrier on the trial of the Utah man recently convicted of abducting Elizabeth Smart: an inside look at the mystical religious fervor that grips many Americans…and took center stage in Smart’s case.
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“Your wealth was not an undeserved gift…You have no moral obligation to...”
– The Ayn Rand Center, trashing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for vowing to give half of his fortune to charity. Best press release ever! Having suffered through Rand’s purple prose before, we’re surprised the Center didn’t repeat the word “bromide” eight times.
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“Do you know what dented can stores are? Most members of the House and Senate,...”
– Filibustering Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the gulf between lawmakers and the poor. Reporter Josh Harkinson has collected Filibernie’s greatest hits from his 8.5-hour Senate floor performance this weekend.
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Filibernie's Greatest Hits: 8.5 hours of Senator... →
Is Bernie Still Talking? →
Die, Little Drummer Boy, Die! Girl Talk, Weezer,... →
WatchMesmerizing dolphin video alert!
“Does it need to be said that a system reliant on Geraldo Rivera is a system that...”
– Texas Monthly, “Life After Death: Why we need a moratorium on the death penalty in Texas”
The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of... →
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"On the one hand, they want to celebrate... →
— “Christian College Cans Lesbian Soccer Coach.” With video!
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