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View ArticleHaikus for the Campaign Trail
Most people in this country, with the exception of political consultants and pundits, are not very happy with the direction of our politics. Campaigns are growing longer, louder, more bombastic, and...
View ArticlePolitical Conventions Are Like Sporting Events
I have wondered if anyone else noticed how much the Democratic and Republican conventions were like sporting events. We had everything that is very similar to sports: a home crowd advantage,...
View ArticleThe Problem with the Presidential Debates
I understand that the presidential debates are big ratings events on television, and if you bounce around the channels afterwards (everything from FOX News, CNN, to NBC), you would think that these...
View ArticleBiden’s F-Bomb Is No Laughing Matter
Vice President Joe Biden apparently thinks it is funny that an open microphone caught him using an inappropriate expletive when speaking with President Obama. This obviously unscripted moment came...
View ArticleSatire: The News in Pictures XXXV
Welcome to "O Caption! My Caption!" Blogcritics' examination of news, sports, and politics utilizing the most efficient and timesaving method: looking at pretty pictures and deducing what happened...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Welcomes Home the Troops
This week brought two very special episodes of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. They were titled “Been There, Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscape.” In them, Stephen Colbert...
View ArticleBiden Optimistic Global Hunger Struggle Can Be Won
Vice President Joe Biden spoke last Monday at the World Food Program USA award ceremony. He praised this year’s winners, Bill Gates and Howard Buffett, who have dedicated their talents to fighting...
View ArticleHaikus for the Campaign Trail
Most people in this country, with the exception of political consultants and pundits, are not very happy with the direction of our politics. Campaigns are growing longer, louder, more bombastic, and...
View ArticlePolitical Conventions Are Like Sporting Events
I have wondered if anyone else noticed how much the Democratic and Republican conventions were like sporting events. We had everything that is very similar to sports: a home crowd advantage,...
View ArticleThe Problem with the Presidential Debates
I understand that the presidential debates are big ratings events on television, and if you bounce around the channels afterwards (everything from FOX News, CNN, to NBC), you would think that these...
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