Jon Cummings November 13, 2008 The other day my Popdose colleague Ted Asredagoo posed the question of how President-Elect Obama — once he is wrapped up in the business of actually, you know, governing — will manage to carry
Read More » Jon Cummings October 30, 2008 Doesn’t it seem like just a decade since the protagonists of our current national melodrama began taking the stage? John McCain announced his candidacy on David Letterman – only to discover that what Dave
Read More » Jon Cummings October 23, 2008 Last night I had a dream … of long-faded memories, and basic-cable infomercials: Voiceover: Remember…this? John McCain: “Who is Barack Obama?” VO: That’s right … they’re the hits you’ve come to know and love…
Read More » Jon Cummings October 16, 2008 Jon Cummings: Why am I so bummed that the debate season is over? Please, Barack, take McCain up on his pleas for a dozen more town halls! I know, I know – these three
Read More » Ted Asregadoo October 8, 2008 Dw. Dunphy My initial idea for taking in tonight’s town hall debate was to do so with headphones and without visuals. I’ll admit, over the past month or so, the visual component has played
Read More » Ted Asregadoo September 27, 2008 Ted Asregadoo This is the first time Barack Obama and John McCain have faced each other as competitors rather than Senate colleagues, and it’s clear that the chumminess of that institution cast a long
Read More » Zack Dennis September 16, 2008 There are fewer members of the Washington establishment that I detest more than Richard “Dickface” Cohen. I noticed yesterday evening that he’s finally soured on his hero John McCain, but I’m willing to predict
Read More » Ted Asregadoo September 9, 2008 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
Read More » Robert Cass September 7, 2008 My girlfriend, Aimiee, and I finally returned from China on August 24. It was a few days earlier than we expected, thanks to a summer wind that came blowing in from … well, you
Read More » Zack Dennis September 2, 2008 In Mike Judge’s 1999 comedy Office Space, its protagonist Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is described by the downsizing consultants as a “straight shooter with upper management written all over him.” It’s a gross misjudgment
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