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Glenn Beck and the War on Honor

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Aug 29, 2010

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I have failed you, dear readers. I promised to journey into the heart of Glennbeckistan for “Restoring Honor,” or “Whitestock,” or “The Greatest Affront to American Ideals in History,” or whatever you wanna call it. Instead, I ended up watching it on C-SPAN and monitoring real-time reactions on Twitter. The following was repurposed from my various [...]

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The Cruel Shoes

Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Thu, Jul 22, 2010

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Anna knew she had to have some new shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, “Well, that’s every pair of shoes in the place.” “Oh, you must have one more pair …” “No, not one more pair…Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want…” Anna [...]

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Yes, We’re Still Here

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Jul 19, 2010

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It’s extremely rare for us to go an entire day without an update, but sometimes life (and career) conspires. Which is just another way for me to complain about being too busy to blog. Kudos to our fine contributors for taking up so much of the slack. I’d tell you what I’ve been up to, but I’d [...]

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Ten Ways To Make Soccer More Enjoyable for Americans

Posted by Chris Parizo on Thu, Jul 8, 2010

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My wife Chelsea and I quickly befriended our new neighbors, Rich and Stephanie. They seemed a lot like us — a young couple moving into a burgeoning Atlanta block to soak in the benefits of city life. It wasn’t long before we were all Facebook friends, which everyone knows is the true measure of bonding. [...]

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Conceptual Gridlock, American Style

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Jun 28, 2010

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In case you didn’t know, I live in Washington, D.C., and work in the policy space, specifically the so-called “public interest.” The nature of my work is communications, which takes on many forms. At the end of the day, however, it’s all messaging, and it’s all political. Typically, I’m tasked with analyzing/describing/translating issue-specific concerns, but I [...]

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