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The Friday Linkfest: 1/28/11
The Web moves fast. Here are some of our favorite links from the week that was: What do all the numbers on your credit card mean? [Gizmodo] 10-year-old girl becomes youngest to discover supernova
Read More »The Friday Linkfest: 1/21/11
The Web moves fast. Here are our favorite links from the week that was: The age of extreme offshore oil is just beginning [Discover] Apple’s top all-time apps [TechCrunch] Social Distortion at Daytrotter [Daytrotter]
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 »Taking Liberties: The TSA — “A Little Temporary Safety”
Popdose's Revival House columnist Jeff Johnson tells of his recent run-in with the TSA, in which he was told he couldn't take pictures even though it specifies on TSA's website that photography is permitted
Read More »Random Play: “Born This Way”
Still unsure whether kids are born gay? Robin Monica Alexander spotlights a new blog whose emphatic and adorable response is yes
Read More »Sugar Water: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Say Anything Even Mildly Offensive
When Captain Owen Honors was demoted by the U.S. Navy on January 4 for in-house videos he made almost five years earlier, he learned an important lesson: electric cars aren't gay
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 »Sugar Water: Have You Had a Skin Orgasm Lately?
Music-derived chills, or "skin orgasms," are experienced by certain personality types, especially during the holidays. Robert Cass goes up close and waaaay too personal to introduce readers to this phenomenon
Read More »The Pop Culture Year That Wasn’t: Top Stories of (Fake) 2010
Popdose teams up with world-renowned CAP News for a look at the most important pop culture stories of the past year. February: Stern Gets Ellen, Kara DioGuardi to Kiss at Idol Audition HOLLYWOOD (CAP)
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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