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Brow Beat:
posted by Troy Patterson
on November 30, 2009
The Art of Party Crashing
The slang term party crash dates to the early 1920s, when bright young things and flappers introduced roaring to the modern philosophy of pleasure. Ideally, crashing is a crime less comparable to housebreaking than to inciting a riot. It doesn't matter whether the crasher is spontaneously Read More
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The Happiness Project:
posted by Gretchen Rubin
on November 30, 2009
Coming Soon to a City Near You! Maybe.
If you live in one of the cities, please come! Bring your friends! Spread the word! I really hope I'll get the chance to meet blog readers face to face as part of the book promotion. Read More
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Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on November 29, 2009
Stop Stigmatizing Stigma!
This page from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has a chart that says more about the growth of food stamps than all 58 or so inches of the NYT 's front page lead story on the growth of food stamps . It shows that, indeed, assiduous bipartisan bureaucratic attempts Read More
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The XX Factor:
posted by Samantha Henig
on November 27, 2009
Empty Nest: What Did You Do in That Limo?
A post from DoubleX writer Mimi Swartz:
A few weeks ago I got the following e-mail from my son Sam: “MOM,” it
began, “GLENDA,* ALLISON* AND I JUST GOT PICKED UP IN A LIMO AND ARE
BEING GIVEN A FREE TOUR OF NEW YORK. I LOVE THIS CITY. I am not drunk
don't worry. Love you.” The e-mail Read More
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Human Nature:
posted by William Saletan
on November 20, 2009
Tweets 11/20/09
Here are some of this week's Human Nature short takes on the news. To get them in real time, subscribe to the HN Twitter feed .
1. Mayor on Chicago's surveillance network: "cameras are the next best thing" to cops. http://bit.ly/syCfU Prediction: Domestic drones are next.
2. Latest Read More