Recent Twittering- kepkanation: Every time I swear I'm going to be good, they have a cupcake bake sale in the cafeteria. It's for a good cause = doesn't count, right?
- kepkanation: I had no idea: FEMA follows Waffle House test after disasters. http://t.co/HyAJuwb6
- kepkanation: Life imitates absurdity | Inside Higher Ed: http://t.co/nGziLgiF
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Political zombies: Gingrich, Edwards, and the value of losers
I finally finished my time warp read of the week, Game Change, yesterday. Nothing was really new in the book — I felt like I’d already read and read about all of its most titillating revelations — but I did … Continue reading
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Tagged election 2012, mitt romney, newt gingrich, politics, rick santorum, zombie candidates
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Mark Bittman Gets (even more) Political
Photo by KMEvans/Flickr/CC License I don’t yet have a completely formed picture of my thoughts on Mark Bittman’s move from the food pages of the New York Times to the opinion pages. Sometimes I like what he says, and sometimes, … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, fasting, hunger, Mark Bittman
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Krugman on Cronon: Is academic freedom under attack?
Photo: U. Wisconsin Mascot/Jeff Miller So today is the first day of the rest of the New York Times paywall’s life. To celebrate, as someone who’s paying for the news there, I thought I’d provide a link you can follow … Continue reading
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Tagged academic freedom, cronon, krugman, nyt, teaching, wisconsin
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Jon Kyl 2012: Party Down
I have wished for the retirement of Jon Kyl before, beginning in January of 2009, when the days were brighter and the future seemed to be won already: Kyl has started paying attention again, because the guy who won isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged GOP, jon kyl, kyl reelection, kyl retirement, mitch mcconnell, politics, republicans, tea party
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RIP Ted Sorensen
It’s nearly election day, and Ted Sorensen is dead. Yes, that will be true for every election to come, now, but it won’t ever feel true — at least not in my head, where the words still sometimes circle in … Continue reading
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Tagged jfk speech, john f. kennedy, ted sorensen
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All I have to say about the election
I was really hoping that this headline involved both Sarah and Todd Palin:
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Review: “Lone Star” Pilot
Last night, we settled in for the premiere of an old favorite (“Castle,”) but found ourselves instead with an initial hour to kill, and we decided to spend it watching “Lone Star,” the new show Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg … Continue reading
Thoughts on primary night.
Holy crap. I step away from the Internet for five minutes and suddenly Sarah Palin is president. Cripes! I mean, really, are you guys watching these returns tonight? Tea Party “favorite” (of course, we can’t say candidate because the Tea … Continue reading
Washington Post blames bloggers for Park 51 controversy
Today, the Washington Post had a really terrible headline on its front page: “Bloggers turn mosque into national spectacle.” Here’s a shot: Yessss. It’s bloggers who’ve turned this into a national spectacle, not at all the politicians and mainstream media … Continue reading
