Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Congress of the Forest

February 29, 2012 8:39 pm
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The Congress of the Forest

One momentous day, the Forest Congress assembled to debate the burning issue of the hour: a bill had been offered declaring every acorn a tree, and, thus, all criminal penalties should accrue to anyone disturbing an acorn just as they would to anyone cutting down a tree.

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Left Pushes Back On GOP Gas Price Arguments

February 29, 2012 8:10 pm
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Left Pushes Back On GOP Gas Price Arguments

Eager to halt President Obama’s recent boost in the polls, Republicans have quick to blame the president and his policies for the steady rise in gas prices seen nationwide. But now those on the left have begun to sharpen their counter-attack, which is that it personal and corporate profit motive, pure and simple, which is to blame for the bigger bite consumers have been feeling at the pump. Those in the GOP have long worked to tie Obama to...

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Franklin Graham Apologizes for Questioning President Obama’s Faith

February 29, 2012 12:04 pm
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Franklin Graham Apologizes for Questioning President Obama’s Faith

Yesterday, Evangelist Franklin Graham apologized to President Obama for questioning his Christian faith. Graham had said in a recent MSNBC interview that he “did not know whether Obama is a Christian” and he suggested that “Islamic law considers him to be a Muslim.” Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, said he now “accepts Obama’s declarations that he is a Christian.” “I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president,...

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Maine Senator Olympia Snowe to Retire

February 28, 2012 6:26 pm
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Maine Senator Olympia Snowe to Retire

Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe has announced her retirement. A moderate Republican, who has often voted with Democrats in the Senate cited the extreme partisanship of recent years as her reasoning. In a statement Snowe said, “Unfortunately, I do not realistically expect the partisanship of recent years in the Senate to change over the short term. So at this stage of my tenure in public service, I have concluded that I am not prepared to commit myself to an additional...

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The Silence of the Eloi; The Feasting of the Morlocks

February 28, 2012 7:39 am
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The Silence of the Eloi; The Feasting of the Morlocks

How long before nobody's left, in that Niemöllerian sense?

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A Bedtime Story for the New Depression, redux

February 26, 2012 3:04 pm
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A Bedtime Story for the New Depression, redux

“Good heavens,” murmured Lewiston, looking vaguely from side to side. “That—that ruins me. I can't carry my grain any longer—what with storage charges and—and—Bridges, I don't see just how I'm going to make out. Sixty-two cents a bushel! Why, man, what with this and with that it's cost me nearly a dollar a bushel to raise that wheat, and now Truslow—” He turned away abruptly with a quick gesture of infinite discouragement....

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The Road Ahead

February 25, 2012 1:19 pm
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The Road Ahead

Now, I know what you're thinking: Aren't there NINE muses?

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RNC Turns Blues Riff Into Attack Ad

February 24, 2012 3:36 pm
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President Obama thrilled audiences this week when he joined in to sing a few lines of the classic, “Sweet Home Chicago,” during a blues concert at the White House. Among those watching, but decidedly less thrilled, were national Republicans, who quickly transformed Obama’s turn with the mic into an online attack ad blaming Obama for the steep rise in gas prices nationally. The Republican National Committee (RNC) released the spot to coincide with Obama’s Thursday speech in Miami to...

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