Farewell from Pushback
By Jesse Singal - Feb 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 amIt’s been a great ride, but this is going to be Pushback’s final post. On behalf of the Campus Progress Action editorial team–Rob Anderson, Kay…
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We Are Biased
By Jesse Singal - Jan 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pmFrom Scientific American (unfortunately, the rest of the piece has to be purchased):
When making complex decisions, legitimate factors sometimes mask choices influenced by prejudice—so…
Is Hulu Getting Even Better?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 30th, 2009 at 9:51 amLast night I watched an episode of Arrested Development on Hulu. Before it started, I was presented with a choice: would I like to watch…
Wow
By Jesse Singal - Jan 29th, 2009 at 10:52 amThis is extremely depressing:
A Consumerist reader and property manager in Virginia posted a notice for a part-time evening receptionist, and in response to the…
The Nostradamus of Internet Humor Sites
By Jesse Singal - Jan 29th, 2009 at 10:15 amThe AP on January 29, 2009:
PASADENA, Calif.—Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are trying to figure out why the Mars rover…
The Real Victims of the Economic Meltdown
By Jesse Singal - Jan 28th, 2009 at 3:44 pmUgh. From the friggin’ New York Times:
The economic crisis came home to 27-year-old Megan Petrus early last year when her boyfriend of eight months,…
Damon v. Kristol
By Jesse Singal - Jan 28th, 2009 at 1:29 pmFrom the Boston Herald:
Bill Kristol, a conservative columnist, said he’ll gladly debate Hollywood leftie Matt Damon, who called him “an idiot” in the Miami…
Terrorism in the Obama Age
By Jesse Singal - Jan 26th, 2009 at 11:22 amThe Washington Post ran an interesting article yesterday about Al Qaeda’s attempts to incite jihad in a post-Bush world. The group is having some trouble:…
Rep. Bill Young: I Am Cranky That Some People Have Rights
By Jesse Singal - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 3:20 pmRep. Bill Young (R-Florida), chiming in on the controversy over President Obama’s executive order that the Guantanamo Bay prison be shuttered within a year:
“Number…
Pre-recorded Encouragement
By Jesse Singal - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 pmI think former President Bush may be ordering this in the near future:
(via FAIL Blog)
Is This an Effective Pro-choice Argument?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:51 pmVia reddit, here’s a blog post and accompanying video arguing that the easiest way to instill doubt in an anti-choice activist is to ask, “If…
In Defense of the Boo-birds
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pmI definitely get what Jessica is saying in her argument that folks on the Mall shouldn’t have booed former President Bush (that was the first…
Historic Coverage
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 11:58 amWhat’s that you say? You want to see today’s front pages of more than 600 newspapers from around the world? Sure thing.
Documenting History’s Minutiae
By Jesse Singal - Jan 16th, 2009 at 4:21 pmEveryone should check out January the 20th.
The group explains:
We’re coordinating a massive journalistic project to document BARACK OBAMA’s inauguration. Observers across the country…
