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Political Culture: Ted Kennedy and Me
Was Ted the best and bravest of the Kennedys? In his latest Political Culture, Jon Cummings looks back at the Lion's life and times
Read More »Political Culture: When Did Americans Become Such Pussies?
I must admit, I had thought the days were over when Republicans could scare the bejeezus out of the citizenry (and force acquiescence from lily-livered Democrats) with bullshit tricks like “threat levels” and smoking
Read More »Political Culture: Hell Week for Catholics
When the long-awaited, religiously incendiary sequel to The Da Vinci Code arrives in theaters and the anticipated uproar is reduced to a low roar, you know it’s gotta be a rough week for the
Read More »Political Culture: Activist Shmactivist
Any time now – maybe even during the too-few moments between my pressing “submit” and this column going live – President Obama is going to announce his appointee to replace David Souter on the
Read More »Political Culture: How Specter Screwed the Democrats
The Republican Party’s annus became considerably more horribilis this week, with Arlen Specter switching parties, President Obama taking what amounted to a 100-days victory lap (despite the economy’s continuing decline), and a new poll
Read More »Political Culture: Beauty Queens, Bigotry … and Ambivalence
It may be that only an event like this could have propped up that downward-spiraling phenomenon, the beauty pageant: An out-and-proud celebrity gossip-monger asking a comely Californian how she feels about gay marriage, and
Read More »Political Culture: Christian Right, R.I.P.
Have right-wing evangelicals won their last battle? Maybe not, but Jon Cummings thinks it'll take them more than three days to resurrect their political fortunes
Read More »Political Culture: Peter Buffett’s Activism Through Music … And $$$$$$
Those clunky translation earpieces were nowhere to be found last Thursday night in the United Nations General Assembly, as a multinational assemblage of talent and star power filled the great hall with music and
Read More »Political Culture: Education on the Cheap
The original, furiously populist theme of this column, as I envisioned it last weekend, was “Nationalize the Banks, Now!” Well, as of Monday that was taken care of, so, moving right along … It
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