I am cynical to the max regarding the world of celebrity, and TV’s Emmys take no edge from my sarcasm. It is my missionary duty to convince others that it will rot mind and soul. Emmys night is the time to see all the TV actors and shows you didn’t know existed. Or […]
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The Emmys: Or, Where the Red Carpet Leads
September 20, 2011
Posted in Pop Culture, Social Issues, Women and Society |
Tags: Emmy Award, Fareed Zakaria, Glee, Jane Lynch, Jon Hamm, Julie Bowen, Kate Winslet, Mad Men, Medal of Honor, Melissa McCarthy, Ricky Gervais, Rush Limbaugh, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carrel, The Good Wife, the Red Carpet, Ty Burrell, Zooey Deschanel
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The Power that Dares Not Speak Its Name
April 23, 2010The past week called to mind the anniversary in 1912 when the world’s greatest metaphor hit an iceberg–and our ax deadline. The latter refers to the power that dares not speak its name: that of government to levy and collect such duty. That of course was before modern so-called conservatism, lacking coherent ideas by which […]
Posted in Politics, Social Issues |
Tags: Fareed Zakaria, rich and poor, Taxation, wealth
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Ichabod's Kin 