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The XX Factor:
posted by Samantha Henig
on December 8, 2009
Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People" List Is Not Fascinating
A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia: I'm 100 percent with you, Jessica —Walters'
list is beyond lame, it's shameful. Now, if she'd called it "2009's
Most Fascinating People Willing to Appear on My Television Special," it
might make more sense, but even so, we're not "fascinated" Read More
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Human Nature:
posted by William Saletan
on December 8, 2009
Abortion and Precedent
For the House as a whole, the decision to accept the Stupak amendment against abortion funding wasn't about morality. It was about vote counting. You do what you have to do to get the bill through. And guess what? In the Senate, pro-choice Democrats don't necessarily have to accept the same amendment. The only precedent that really lasts is getting your way if you can. Read More
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The Happiness Project:
posted by Gretchen Rubin
on December 8, 2009
“Toast, Tea, and To-Do Lists”
Meagan Francis is a writer and also the mother of five children—zoikes! She blogs mostly about the intersection of happiness and motherhood, and I was curious to hear what she had to say about happiness in general. Read More
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Brow Beat:
posted by John Swansburg
on December 8, 2009
The How I Met Your Mother Shame Index: Episode 10
Oh, that's right: This is a series about a guy named Ted Mosby trying to find the mother of his children. After several episodes given over to plots revolving around the other four characters, this week How I Met Your Mother returned to the story of Ted's love life. And you almost thought you Read More
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Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on December 6, 2009
@kausfiles Prosthetic Twitter Feed
Selected and artificially augmented entries from the kausmickey Twitter feed:
Time' s Tumulty says H. Reid quietly emasculated Obama's pet cost-cutting "Fed for Med" panel by fiddling with trigger. http://tiny.cc/0hod7 Heh! ... The idea that Congress Read More