Category Archives: Entertainment/Culture
Facebook Has “More Foreign Policy Experience Than Sarah Palin”
By Bree Hocking As of Wednesday, the newly formed Facebook Group – “I Have More Foreign Policy Experience Than Sarah Palin” — had nearly 10,000 members, which I’d liked to point out is slightly larger than the population of Wasilla, … Continue reading
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Fred Thompson’s Big Speech
By Bree Hocking Democrats take a lot of flak for rubbing shoulders with the Hollywood elite, but maybe they’d be enjoying a more comfortable margin in the polls right now if they started electing them — damn, can these actor types get a crowd … Continue reading
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Top 10 Reasons Why the Democratic National Convention is like the Beijing Olympics
By Bree Hocking 10. Eerily similar themes: “One Nation” vs. “One World, One Dream” …Did Joe Biden come up with this? 9. Nancy Pelosi’s wardrobe also inspired by the late style maven Chairman Mao 8. Gratuitous shots of tearful and/or … Continue reading
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Batman and Robinette Arrive in Theaters at Last
By Bree Hocking After a summer of VP speculation, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Joe Biden, the man destined to be somebody’s running mate (although earlier in the year I would have sworn he was Hillary’s boy) has … Continue reading
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American Gothic
By John Aloysius Farrell DAYTON, Ohio – No cross-country journey would be complete without a visit to the dark, freakish sideshow of our American carnival. This summer’s gothic entry does not have the mythic oomph of the Clutter family murders, … Continue reading
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Behold the Power of the Simpsons
By Robert Schlesinger The Russians suddenly morph back into the Soviet Union? Simpsons already did it.
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Batman, Headed to an Oval Office Near You?
By Bree Hocking It’s good to know both Obama and McCain aspire to be Batman, a made-up comic book character whose action movie is on track to earn billions and billions of dollars this summer and whose name ID and … Continue reading
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