March 20th, 2013
By Emily Theroux
Many on the left weren’t fooled by Bush administration bombast, exaggeration, and fear-mongering. We may not have known yet that the Niger yellowcake claim was a scam, but we knew when we were being fed a crock of “cakewalk.”
Tags: Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Emily Theroux, George W. Bush, Iraq War, neocons, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Saddam Hussein, WMDs
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March 20th, 2013
By Jeffrey Page
“I’m against it. No matter what it is or who commenced it, I’m against it.”
Tags: Allen West, Jeffrey Page, Ted Cruz
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March 13th, 2013
By Bob Gaydos
With death imminent, an actress finds joy in life. With an infinite future, Republicans are on a death march.
Tags: cancer, Christie, CPAC, GOP, Rhoda, Rubio, Valerie Harper
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March 13th, 2013
By Emily Theroux
Two weeks after my husband’s layoff, we’re saving a small fortune on gasoline. It’s almost spring. We’re literally running on fumes and nervous energy.
Tags: Baby Boom, chained CPI, Emily Theroux, Grand Bargain, job loss, Lance Theroux, Medicare, Paul Ryan budget, safety net, sequester, Social Security, Stephen Stromberg, unemployment
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March 6th, 2013
By Bob Gaydos
Americans don’t eat animals who are pets, companions, participants in sports or, indeed, partners in war, all of which the horse has been in America. Spike is a companion; Secretariat was a champion.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, horse meat, horses, Ikea, Interior, mustangs, Salazar
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March 6th, 2013
A dog, a book and a trip – who could ask for more?
Tags: Carrie Jacobson, carriejacobson, dog painting, pet painting, pet portrait, Tubac
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February 27th, 2013
By Bob Gaydos
We can do without pennies, cursive writing and the modern Republican Party.
Tags: Bob Gaydos, canada, cursive, GOP, Lincoln, nickel, obama, penny, Republican
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February 27th, 2013
By Jeffrey Page
The program is important, but it’s the people who lead Weight Watchers meetings who are the real reason for its success.
Tags: Jeffrey Page, Weight Watchers
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February 20th, 2013
By Emily Theroux
Like the Debt Ceiling Debacle and the Fiscal Cliff Fiasco before it, the Sequester Stalemate is abstract and unfathomable to many Americans who don’t pay much attention to the legislative process.
Tags: debt reduction, Democrats, Emily Theroux, John Boehner, Obamaquester, Party of No, President Obama, Republicans, sequester, sequestration, spending cuts
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