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The XX Factor:
posted by Kerry Howley
on November 30, 2009
We're Not All Exhibitionists Now
The story of the gate-crashing Salahis was with us for the duration of the holiday, given top billing at every major paper, and half-heartedly justified by the pretense of their presence as a “security issue.” The commentary was predictable because we’d seen the same when balloon boy descended from the attic. We created the Salahis. This is our culture of attention-seeking. The Salahis aren’t outliers, they are what we have become. Etc, etc, and so forth. Read More
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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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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