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The VP Debate: Palinpalooza (Wink, Wink)

Jon Cummings October 3, 2008 64

Jon Cummings: My junior year at college I took a creative writing class in which all the students received copies of each other’s short stories and offered critiques in a roundtable format. Almost all

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Pop Politico: “Swing! Swing! Swing!”

Ted Asregadoo September 9, 2008 26

The current breathless “Sarah Palin Watch” going on in the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media is one of those political phenomena where the accuracy of her claims doesn’t really matter to those outside the chattering

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Donkey Kong: “Michelle Obama Is Hot”

Ted Asregadoo August 26, 2008 33

Jon: What were your impressions of Ted & the Kennedys? He looked pretty good, considering. Ted: He did a very good job. Kennedy finished probably his last political speech, and it was nice to

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Donkey Kong: A Democratic Convention Preview

Jon Cummings August 25, 2008 7

Jon Cummings: Welcome to the first installment in a Popdose political adventure that won’t require you (or us) to leave the computer! Here’s my little secret, Ted: A few months ago, on a whim,

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Sugar Water: Celebrity Soapbox!

Robert Cass August 24, 2008 8

Bad news — my girlfriend, Aimiee, and I are still on that steamship we boarded in China two weeks ago. You know the phrase “slow boat to China”? Well, it turns out the boats

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