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Imagining Scenarios In Which I Support Sarah Palin or John Edwards (again) for President

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics

Often times, when reading poll numbers or looking at election results, I have to face the fact that my obsession with politics and rabid partisanship makes me different from most Americans.  Particularly difficult to accept, though, is my recent realization that I’m more insanely partisan than the modern Republican Party. DailyKos recently commissioned a poll [...]

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The Sad, Untriumphant Return of Lying to Make Friends

January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Law School, Politics, Supreme Court

Due to a combination of final papers, holidays, cross-country and cross-state travel, the start of a new semester, and good old-fashioned laziness, Lying to Make Friends has been silent for the past month.  That silence has been extended for the past week because all of the top stories in the news, with the exception of [...]

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A Nation of Cowards

July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Law and Justice, Politics

Yesterday’s NY Times column by Glenn Loury sheds light on the sorry state of what passes for boldness in modern American politics. I was pleasantly surprised when President Obama gave his initial, rather forceful statement on the Gates arrest. Sadly, it didn’t take long for him to give in to the political pressure and walk [...]

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The Audacity of Dopes

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

I don’t really have much to add on the subject of Mark Sanford, I just wanted to use that headline. It does amaze me that high-profile politicians continue to think they can get away with this kind of of stuff. The cynical, and quite possibly correct, response would be that most politicians are unfaithful, and [...]

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