Tag Archives: politics

A Morning in the Life: John McCain

By Feature Writer | Published: May 25, 2008
"The worst thing I have going for me is my own party’s incumbent president, and the best thing I have going for me is the brain trust driving the clown car that is the Democratic party nominating process over a cliff..."
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The greatest hits of my greatest weaknesses

By Joe Sapien | Published: April 18, 2008
... I sat under a checkout counter for about 40 minutes, ate the entire jar of peanut butter, and hissed at anybody that came near me. But it was probably really all just stress.
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Geert Wilders, “Fitna,” and the last refuge of the bigoted

By Feature Writer | Published: April 14, 2008
Even the Bush Administration had the sense to separate ‘Islam’ qua religion from the bastardized postmodern ideology advocated by the likes of al-Qaeda.
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Heartbreak Hill: will it be Clinton or Obama?

By Feature Writer | Published: March 13, 2008
The Democratic primary remains very much in doubt, seemingly teetering on the brink of a knock-down, drag-out brawl.
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Journey to Istanbul

By Jonathan Mok | Published: February 29, 2008
"I was shocked to discover that religious people could be quite dogmatic in the United States... I can’t stop noticing the similarities with the Islamic right in my country."
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Election 2008, from the mouths of babes

By Feature Writer | Published: February 21, 2008
I reminded him that if I couldn’t respect people of differing viewpoints, I couldn't stay married to his mother. He said he figured it was because I was cheap, and didn’t want to give up half of what I own.
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Disliking the Demi-God: the Dalai Lama and the cult of personality

By Feature Writer | Published: February 17, 2008
I think the Dalai Lama is an alright guy. I don't think he's the re-incarnation of a demi-god though, and I don't think he's an infallible sage or "the premiere moral presence of our time."
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Super Tuesday: A Political Perfect Storm

By Feature Writer | Published: February 6, 2008
...what happened just now, on Super Tuesday?
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The Clintons are graceless. Is it finally good night?

By Feature Writer | Published: January 31, 2008
I sat mesmerized as I watched Caroline and Ted Kennedy symbolically pass the torch of Camelot and all it represents to the loyal opposition, Barak Obama, the other day.
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Politics and Tragedy

By Ali Eteraz | Published: January 13, 2008
Wherein lies the tragedy of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination? Common wisdom holds that the implications surrounding the demise of one of Pakistan’s major democratic leaders are tragic. Others hold that her killing reveals the sinister confluence of wicked forces at work in Pakistan. Others hold that that the tragedy lies in the fact that she comes from a [...]
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