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The Straight Nope: Big Glasses

The Straight Nopes are a collection of near daily critiques on cast-away style in modern American culture. Hopefully though the observation of these wayward fashions, and the correction that ensues, we can all do our part to repair some of what is wron… Continue reading

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Truthiness In A Connected World – Part 1

By Shelly Palmer and Jared Palmer – Over the next few weeks we are going to explore the concepts and constructs of Truth (with a capital “T”), truth (with a lower case “t”), truthiness (as coined by Stephen Colbert), reality, wikiality (also coined by … Continue reading

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Terror Babies, Mosques in Manhattan, and Gay Marriage

In case you missed it, Republican leadership has completely gone off the deep end … I mean completely.There is Texas Congressmen Lou Gohmert, whose insanity brought us “terror babies.” (I swear they are real. There was one at brunch on Sunday who wou… Continue reading

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The Terror Babies Debate

The trouble with the proponents of this premise, that immigrants are coming to this country to have babies that will get automatic citizenship and grow up to be terrorists, is that they’re not making the case strongly enough.Here’s how:More… Continue reading

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Ben Bernanke: Wall Street’s Servant

Last week, the Fed announced that it would use the proceeds from retired mortgage-backed securities to buy up more government bonds. This may have a very modest effect in keeping long-term interest rates low, thereby giving a small boost to the economy… Continue reading

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Conservative Logic: Gay Judges Need Not Apply

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0.Notre Dame Law School Professor Gerard Bradley launched a preemptive attack on United States District Court Judge Vaughan Walker when the court announced that it would release his decision on the challenge to the constitu… Continue reading

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The Cholesterol Myth That Is Harming Your Health

Cholesterol could easily be described as the smoking gun of the last two decades.It’s been responsible for demonizing entire categories of foods (like eggs and saturated fats) and blamed for just about every case of heart disease in the last 20 years.M… Continue reading

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Lower Case Capitalism

Several days ago, National Public Radio broke the biggest story in the last one hundred and fifty years. I turned my radio on late and missed the introduction and some defining information but the topic was chilling! It was a story greater than the dr… Continue reading

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Cupcake Madness

Food trends come and go, but will that be the case of the cupcake?I never thought it would come to this, but I think I have grown tired of them.More… Continue reading

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Rachel Maddow Takes On Bill O’Reilly: ‘Stupid,’ ‘Bullpucky’ (VIDEO)

Rachel Maddow took on Bill O’Reilly again Friday night, responding to his syndicated column in which he called her a “far-left loon” and an “uber-leftist” and wrote that her claims about Fox News are presented “without a shred of evidence.”"This time t… Continue reading

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