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Taking Liberties: The TSA — “A Little Temporary Safety”

Taking Liberties: The TSA — “A Little Temporary Safety”

Jeff Johnson January 20, 2011 15

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

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Random Play: “Born This Way”

Random Play: “Born This Way”

Robin Monica Alexander January 18, 2011 6

Still unsure whether kids are born gay? Robin Monica Alexander spotlights a new blog whose emphatic and adorable response is yes

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Sugar Water: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Say Anything Even Mildly Offensive

Sugar Water: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Say Anything Even Mildly Offensive

Robert Cass January 11, 2011 12

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

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Political Culture: We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Us

Political Culture: We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Us

Jon Cummings January 10, 2011 36

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

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Sugar Water: Have You Had a Skin Orgasm Lately?

Sugar Water: Have You Had a Skin Orgasm Lately?

Robert Cass December 31, 2010 0

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

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The Pop Culture Year That Wasn’t: Top Stories of (Fake) 2010

The Pop Culture Year That Wasn’t: Top Stories of (Fake) 2010

Pete Chianca December 30, 2010 1

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)

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Political Culture: Greetings, Fellow Hostages!

Political Culture: Greetings, Fellow Hostages!

Jon Cummings December 9, 2010 12

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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The Popdose Interview: Jon Bard and Bruce Brodeen of Rock and Roll Tribe

The Popdose Interview: Jon Bard and Bruce Brodeen of Rock and Roll Tribe

Dw. Dunphy November 11, 2010 1

New media tends to identify itself as a youth market, and is very self-aware of this. So too, a person of a certain, shall we say, vintage might feel uncomfortable popping around Facebook (and

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Political Culture: Everybody Into The Conflictinator!

Political Culture: Everybody Into The Conflictinator!

Jon Cummings November 4, 2010 29

Chastened by Jon Stewart, if not the midterm election results, Jon Cummings invites Popdose readers to Be Their Own Pundits and pontificate on our new politics

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Dw. Dunphy On… The Kids Are Not Alright

Dw. Dunphy On… The Kids Are Not Alright

Dw. Dunphy November 4, 2010 2

Sometimes nostalgia can sicken a person. Here’s an example: remember when you could get into a fight in school and only get your nose broken? Now you could get your head blown off for

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