Category Archives: Politics

Short Story: Election Day

Bare with me here. I’m experimenting with new ways to make fiction relevant and timely (which in many ways isn’t the purpose of fiction), so I submit to you this story, which revolves around Tuesday’s election. Got any comments or critiques? Let me know. Election Day It was election day. Election day! All that morning the […] Continue reading

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PEOPLE: Electing a President Is (kind of) Like Recording a Song

How did you spend your Tuesday night? Chances are at least 50% of your Tuesday night was spent just like mine. If you are an even remotely politically aware American, that is.I spent my Tuesday night knee-deep in CNN updates and election forecast… Continue reading

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PEOPLE: Electing a President Is (kind of) Like Recording a Song

How did you spend your Tuesday night? Chances are at least 50% of your Tuesday night was spent just like mine. If you are an even remotely politically aware American, that is.I spent my Tuesday night knee-deep in CNN updates and election forecast… Continue reading

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To whom it may concern: Shinya Yamanaka is not your personal moral crusader

“The facts speak for themselves,” is a favorite maxim. Sometimes they do. But when they don’t? This liminal state between unequivocal truth and falsehood is where politics finds itself a comfortable home. The time following the announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine presents a special opportunity for the public communication of …

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The Dish Is (kind of) Like Political Facebook

“A Series of Blog Critiques: the Good, the Bad, and the Bloggy”http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/Let’s get one thing straight: Sullivan’s smart and he knows it. His brief bursts of political pith are equal parts entertainment and information;… Continue reading

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The Dish Is (kind of) Like Political Facebook

“A Series of Blog Critiques: the Good, the Bad, and the Bloggy”http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/Let’s get one thing straight: Sullivan’s smart and he knows it. His brief bursts of political pith are equal parts entertainment and information;… Continue reading

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Howard Fineman Writes (kind of) Like a Senator After Happy Hour

“A Series of Blog Critiques: the Good, the Bad, and the Bloggy”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-fineman/Like a seasoned senator, Fineman has a wonderful sense of the workings of the political world. He trades in the finesse of political banter for … Continue reading

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Howard Fineman Writes (kind of) Like a Senator After Happy Hour

“A Series of Blog Critiques: the Good, the Bad, and the Bloggy”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-fineman/Like a seasoned senator, Fineman has a wonderful sense of the workings of the political world. He trades in the finesse of political banter for … Continue reading

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