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Numberscruncher: Haiti, Foreign Aid, and Foreign Trade

Ann Logue January 19, 2010 4

Americans like to stress about our current account deficit. Even if they do not know the terms of the amounts, they worry about the fact that we export much less than we import, that

The Twenty-Fifth Day of Mellowmas: The Mayor of Bethle-Phlegm

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 25, 2009 19

Oh, don't look so surprised -- you knew this Mellowmas would end up with Bob Dylan croaking under a Santa hat, didn't you

The Twenty-Fourth Day of Mellowmas: ‘Twas the Night Before Mellowmas

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 24, 2009 30

Christmas is a time for jolly old fat men, but this is ridiculous. Who let Rush Limbaugh in here

Sugar Water: When Chickens and Pigs and Foxes Who Are Married to Tigers Attack

Robert Cass December 2, 2009 8

So, are you done with all your Thanksgiving leftovers? Already looking forward to that Christmas ham? Then listen up, all you attendees of Jesus’s annual baby shower, and take a page from your Hanukkah-celebrating

Political Culture: Are You Ready For Some (Wingnut) Football?

Jon Cummings October 15, 2009 4

Now here’s a fast-moving story: Just a week ago, word leaked that Rush Limbaugh was part of an ownership group hoping to bid on the woebegone St. Louis Rams. Within three business days, the

Sugar Water: Off the Record, I’m a Liar

Robert Cass September 16, 2009 10

When things are said off the record in the world of politics, they should stay off the record. Unless I need something to write about, of course. Last week I brought you an exclusive

Sugar Water: Black and/or White

Robert Cass June 30, 2009 18

Writer-producer-director Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened in theaters on June 30, 1989. “White people still ask me why Mookie threw the [trash] can through the window” at the film’s climax, he recently