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Popdose Flashback ’91: Garth Brooks, “Ropin’ the Wind”
Remembering the guy who brought country, and bad shirts, to the suburbs
Read More »Political Culture: America – Too Big To Fail?
How did the Tea Party force a stupid deal, prove itself unfit to govern ... AND simultaneously send the economy over a cliff? Jon Cummings spots the jokers in the deck.
Read More »Political Culture: A “Permanent Majority,” or Totalitarianism?
Wednesday's anti-democratic (and anti-Democratic) shenanigans in Wisconsin were just part of a GOP effort to destroy the Democrats' power base nationwide. Can they succeed? Jon Cummings says, definitely maybe
Read More »Jesus of Cool: The Misfit Empowerment Project
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" exemplifies the shift among pop's reigning divas -- from P!nk to Katy to Ke$ha -- away from self-aggrandizement and toward messages of self-help aimed directly at their audiences. Jon
Read More »Political Culture: Absolutism Sucks! (Relatively Speaking)
Conservatives now claim the Constitution as their own -- yet couldn't bring themselves to read it in its entirety on the House floor. Jon Cummings examines the flaws of Tea Party-brand strict constructionism
Read More »Political Culture: We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Us
Can taking the vitriol down a notch really prevent another tragedy like Tucson? Jon Cummings explores the state of our discourse - and his own culpability
Read More »Political Culture: Greetings, Fellow Hostages!
President Obama may have given up the store on tax cuts this week, but at least he coined a useful metaphor in the process. Still, is it the GOP holding the recovery hostage, or
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