The nature of Sen. Barack Obama as icon is noticed by Jim Geraghty. Should Obama win the Presidency a niche market will quickly develop in the art world. Certainly historians will attempt to glean something of the zeitgeist from these centuries from now.
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Would you let let politics get in the way of a relationship with the opposite sex? That was one of the questions John Hawkins asked some conservative webloggers. Their answers were mostly “no.” Michelle Malkin’s commenters mostly said no and equate liberals with idiots.
I haven’t dated die-hard liberals or conservatives. There were other things besides […]
Is Garfield better without Garfield? I haven’t read the strip in years. The weblog’s description is hysterical:
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and […]
Our currency continues to get uglier and uglier. The new and “improved” five dollar bill is now in circulation. “Enhanced security features” fail to give the bill any elegance. It sports a big, ugly, purple “5″ on the back. Is Barney now living in the Federal Reserve?
The U.S. gets closer and closer to Euro bills […]
If Improv Everywhere could lug three old desktop computers with CRTs into a New York Starbucks why can’t you?
You get bonus points if you haul in an Apple II. Double bonus points if you can get said Apple II connected to the cafe’s wi-fi.
[via Engadget]
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Here’s a new weblog find: Jumping in Art Museums. [Via David All] Fine as long as they don’t break anything.
It’s cool, but not as cool as Camp Randall Stadium after the third quarter of a Badgers game.
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Professor Robert Maranto takes a risk and publicizes he’s a Republican. Then he gets into his disappointment with a national university culture that doesn’t accept conservative ideas and thinkers:
Now there is more data backing up experiences like mine. Recently, my Villanova colleague Richard Redding and my longtime collaborator Frederick Hess commissioned a set of studies […]
For semi-idealists like myself who hope rational people make well-reasoned decisions at the ballot box this is disturbing:
Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the federal government had warnings about 9/11 but decided to ignore them, a national survey found.
And that’s not the only conspiracy theory with a huge number of true believers in the United States.
The […]
While campaigning in New Hampshire Fred Thompson took on American race relations with the sober seriousness that’s set him apart from the rest of the Republican Presidential field:
“Looking back upon that now, I know that there were an awful lot of people who viewed an awful lot of things through the wrong prism,” he said […]
Miller Beer hasn’t been the same since it dropped it’s “Tastes Great! Less Filling!” theme a few decades ago. Since then rival Budweiser has dominated the American beer market. With the cleaver “Man Laws” commercials it seemed Miller had something going for them, but the sales didn’t match the ads’ entertainment value.
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Take this ISI civics quiz. After you’re done let me know how you scored. I’ll let you know how I did in an update.
UPDATE: Everyone who left a comment did well. How did I do? 60 out of 60; 100%. There were a couple questions where I wondered what they were driving at so I […]
Reader’s Digest “lost” cell phones in cities all over the world to see how helpful strangers would be in returning them. Their results?
The average rate at which phones were returned per city: 68 percent. In other words, two-thirds of those who picked up a phone had an instinct to help. Age and income had no […]
P.J. Gladnick at NewsBusters.org found an odd Miami Herald column about how uncool Republicans supposedly are.
I’ll be the first to admit there’s a stereotype for Republicans. They’re rather plain, white, male, wear blue shirts and khakis to work, live in the suburbs, and play golf. There’s truth to the stereotype. I’ve viewed your standard-issue Republican […]
Is the neck tie losing its panache? It seems that way. You see fewer and fewer men wearing them when appearing as guests on television. Unless you’re a lawyer or banker you probably don’t wear them regularly to work. My father only wears one when he goes to church, a wedding, a funeral, or a […]
The Catholic Church considers itself the one, true Christian church on earth. That was reinforced with a document released calling Protestant denominations “ecclesial communities.” European Protestant leaders are upset and surprised. I’d be more surprised if the conservative Pope Benedict had watered down church doctrine to make the Catholic Church more inclusive.
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