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Welcome to Bully Pulpit!
As you have probably figured out, this is a medium for noticing what’s going on in politics, media, society and culture — and for mounting good-faith arguments, supported by evidence, for or against. If you’re looking merely for “he sucks” or “that’s bullshit,” you have stumbled…
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Tarring the Coal
Listen now | A new YA novel strays from history and bends reality to explore the Holocaust. Is that a sin?
May 13
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Putin Feels Just Terrible About the Whole Thing
The murderous autocrat worries that the invasion of Ukraine is causing the world to misjudge him.
May 16
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Blake Lively's Dress
It may be time, in the life of this planet, to ask: Does this matter?
May 9
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Blake Lively's Dress
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Call Today's Republican Party What It Is
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Republicans, Claiming Rigged Solar System, Target 'PHT'
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Convoy of the Grotesque
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What Has Become of Us?
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Make America Rape Again
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What's Russian for 'Lie'?
Listen now | As Russian as Smirnoff.
May 6
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Make America Rape Again
Typically, at the end of each month, Bob shares observations about the past 30 days. This time, however, his thoughts focus on events of the past week…
May 2
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Bully Pulp
Listen now | Imagining what’s left when someone who preys on weaklings gets his comeuppance.
Apr 29
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Republicans, Claiming Rigged Solar System, Target 'PHT'
"No Polish eccentric can dictate to us the nature of God's universe."
Apr 25
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Before Evil — Part 2: Dynamite
Listen now (36 min) | That which prepares the ground for building, in the wrong hands, has the power to destroy.
Apr 22
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Easter Shame
Every year on this day, Bob relives a profoundly ignoble chapter in his career.
Apr 18
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Before Evil — Part 1
Listen now | How did the great monsters of the 20th century devolve into monstrosity?
Apr 15
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Atrocious
The world is shocked, shocked by Russian war crimes. Again.
Apr 11
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Blake Lively's Dress
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Call Today's Republican Party What It Is
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Republicans, Claiming Rigged Solar System, Target 'PHT'
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Convoy of the Grotesque
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What Has Become of Us?
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Make America Rape Again
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