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All Apologies

February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics, Sports

This is a post that could easily be recycled every month or so whenever some famous person sticks his her foot and his or her mouth and then botches his or her apology.  (And, given my recent inability to get myself to post more than once every other month, I probably need to write more [...]

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No More Politics as Usual

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics

Before I got bored and couldn’t listen to any more of Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, I’m pretty sure she said the phrase “no more politics as usual” at least half a dozen times. The only thing that kept me interested for a few minutes was trying to figure out what Alaskan animal was making the [...]

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A Bridge to the 19th Century

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

With Mark Sanford crying in Argentina and Sarah Palin further revealing herself to be rather mad, the Republican party needs a new savior to lead them against the horror of Obama. After the thrashing Republicans received in November, led by record turnout by, and wide Democratic margins among, women and minorities, there’s been a lot [...]

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All Sanford, All the Time

June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics

Even though we’ve already done an unprecedented two posts on Mark Sanford, and there are world crises, major Supreme Court rulings, and megastar deaths to write about, I can’t stop thinking about Sanford’s apology, which has become my third favorite video on the Internet (behind this and this). A few thoughts: 1. Despite the fact [...]

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Sometimes You Just Need Air Quotes

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

The joke was really on us this week when South Carolina governor Mark Sanford disappeared for a lone hiking trip on the Appalacian trail, sans security detail. His wife appeared unconcerned about his whereabouts, and his staff had little insight to offer regarding the absconsion. The whole thing was very vexing. Now that the governor [...]

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