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Thoughts On A Hostage Crisis
Dw. Dunphy July 22, 2011 2Thoughts On A Hostage Crisis: Think a US default won't affect you directly and immediately? Think again
Read More »Harper’s Index: January 2011
Jeff Giles January 12, 2011 6Statistics chosen at random from the latest Harper’s Index, with corresponding mp3s. Rank of “disappointed” among terms used by Americans in an October survey to describe their feelings about the government: 1 Soul Asylum
Read More »Ten Years: Stuff We Didn’t Have in 2001
Popdose Staff December 30, 2010 5There are events, items and personalities that become so absorbed in the culture, it is hard to believe they weren’t always there. Let’s take a brief stroll down memory lane to look at things
Read More »Political Culture: Everybody Into The Conflictinator!
Jon Cummings November 4, 2010 29Chastened 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
Read More »Pop Politico: “The Times They Are A-Changin’ Back!”
Ted Asregadoo January 22, 2010 4The election of Scott Brown to the United States Senate has been the sexy political story of the week, but it’s also a reminder to the Democratic party — and President Obama — that
Read More »Political Culture: The Boston Tea Party
Jon Cummings January 21, 2010 14Whether or not Democrats manage to salvage health care legislation, losing Ted Kennedy's seat is just desserts for their substantive and strategic failures
Read More »Numberscruncher: Sweden Is Not Socialist
Ann Logue November 17, 2009 8Last week, a conservative friend asked me how I liked living in Sweden under Comrade Obama. I sighed. Somehow or another, it has become accepted that Sweden is a frightening socialist state and that
Read More »Film Review: “Capitalism: A Love Story”
Lance Berry September 25, 2009 2He's tackled government ineptitude, gun control, and health care -- and now, with his latest film, Michael Moore is back where he started: Attacking corporate greed
Read More »Political Culture: In Defense of … ACORN?
Jon Cummings September 24, 2009 10Glenn Beck scored another pelt for his demagoguery-fur coat this week, when Congress voted to cut all federal funding for the community-organizing group ACORN in the wake of those seedy undercover videos Beck has
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… “You Lie!”: The Backstory
Dw. Dunphy September 17, 2009 10The outburst heard ’round the nation, at least until Kanye West co-opted the mike: South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson’s interjection during President Obama’s health care pitch to Congress. A million would-be pundits and chat
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