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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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There is a perverse reason our kids are dying in school, yet the moral panic is perversely misplaced.
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Pluto Rising
Sangre de Pluto
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ABC News host interviews bible-thumping GOP automaton and does it quite badly.
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Bad Beat
Look who once again, right on schedule, is telling the Forever Lie.
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Buttoned Up
For your consideration, the harvest of convalescence.
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Sangre de Pluto
Identify the historic figure below. When you can’t, you’ll begin to see the trouble we’re in.
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The Fault Is in the Stars
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Bully Pulpit

A wry and pointed take on politics, media and society from Bob Garfield.
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