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1. BARACK AT BAT
The rhetoric and the numerous diversions from topic
So we have a Secretary of State, the principal spokesman for the most inept foreign policy...
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2. AGENT 007 AND AGENT 666
Enoch: the language of angels and spies.
Centuries before James Bond, John Dee advised the Queen in letters he signed as "007."
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3. THE POLITICAL CLASS
What happened to our democracy
Imagine a Congress, faced with sorting out a highly dysfunctional and ruinously expensive healthcare
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4. FIFTY SHADES OF SILLY
No, "Fifty Shades" has not proven feminism a lie.
This is a feeble argument for proclaiming the death of feminism, or proclaiming anything.
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5. MICHAEL MOORE FRIGHTENED
A decade after Client Eastwood's "threat," he still trembles
Having just experienced a half-dozen assaults in the previous year from crazies...
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6. VEXATION TO THE NATIONS
Melville Was Wrong: Ishmael's the D*ck
Indeed, it is a supervirus, able to reproduce itself by 'lying' with its parakeet. Ahem.
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7. TRUSTING DR. STRANGELOVE
Or how I learned to stop worrying and trust the bomb
Ultimately, trust is created by vulnerability.
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8. NATURAL RIGHTS
The Right and the "Liberty" Crowd Exposed
Their platforms are designed to promote and advance corporate governance by religious zealots.
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9. HYPOCRISY OF HOBBY LOBBY
Religon for corporations defies the 1st Amendment and logic
Corporate personhood should not infer that corporations have a heart and a soul
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10. THE SNOWDEN OPERATION
How Snowden Enabled Russia's Seizure of Crimea
Greenwald and Snowden aren't merely silent about Crimea, they helped Russia seize it.
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11. CIA CATCH 22?
Is some greater judicial oversight of the CIA possible?
Dianne Feinstein says she's being spied on, and she doesn't like it.
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12. ANGELINA JOLIE THE PERSON
A woman with a story and style
When Angelina talks, people take notice. It may be her intense gaze when she is talking to you......
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13. GEEK AS CHIC
The emergence of science fiction into mainstream
Science fiction embodies creativity and limitless possibilities
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14. WILDSTEIN I THINK I LUV U
or, The Battle of Trenton, Part Deux
Mr. Soprano would have wondered aloud why Mr. Capone's kind word never seemed to have been uttered
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15. JERSEY JAWS
An Independent Flim (Flam) Maker and a Certain Bridge
Picture this: You're the mayor of this little town, one that gets a lotta traffic, see...
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16. REPURPOSING GITMO INMATES
Did secret facility turn CIA prisoners into spies?
For the CIA, that was an acceptable risk in a dangerous business.
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17. TEA PARTY'S FAULT?
A Super-Minority is Ruling Congress?
Why is this small minority of the House being blamed for the shutdown?
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18. POLITICS AND MUSIC
The love-hate relationship between two passions.
Most people don't want their entertainment choices to be politicized.
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19. WHAT US WANTS IN EGYPT
Egypt must establish a liberal democracy
Genuine liberal democracy requires accepting that it is possible to govern only through inclusion...
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20. CLASSIC GENERAL HOSPITAL
I was in a scene from this classic soap opera.
If you think it's easy playing a love scene with a teleprompter, try it.
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