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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Obsessed: Ladyhawke, This American Life, and Wurstkuche
By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 30th, 2009 at 6:15 pmPaging through the archives of Pictures for Sad Children, the ultimate bleak, existentialist webcomic. Also, the creator’s other project, http://hourlycomic.com/. Sheer genius.
- Ned Resnikoff…
Just an Observation…
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 30th, 2009 at 5:46 pmI know better than to judge a book by its cover, so I’ll leave it to you…
It’s amazing she managed not the wear the…
Yes, Throw ‘em in the Brig—but Remember that We Need to Change the Structure, Too
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 30th, 2009 at 5:24 pmBoth President Obama and Vice President Biden denounced the excesses of Wall Street today. Biden, with characteristic gruffness, told CNBC: “I’d like to throw these…
The Flame Represents Bad Things You Shouldn’t Touch
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 30th, 2009 at 5:11 pmMy former roommate just sent along this article, about the state of the GOP.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The only bright spot in the nation’s capital…
See: Alternative Super Bowl Logos
By Diana Jou - Jan 30th, 2009 at 4:50 pmDesigned by Michael Gericke, Don Bilodeau and Jed Skillins from Pentagram Designs.
The Silver Jews’ Frontman Hates Corporate Lobbying… and Dad?
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 30th, 2009 at 4:34 pmThis is too good.
It turns out that David Berman, front man of the Silver Jews, is the son of the Richard Berman, one of…
Economically Stimulating: Education Secretary Duncan, Broke States, Media Bias
By Pedro de la Torre - Jan 30th, 2009 at 3:45 pmIn an interview with the Associated Press, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke about the importance of education spending in the American Reinvestment and Recovery…
Disillusioned Voting
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 30th, 2009 at 3:22 pmLee Sigelman at The Monkey Cage shares his study of whether voters voted for a presidential candidate or against the other candidate in elections since…
Why Didn’t Google Go Back in Time to Protect President Bush’s Feelings?
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 30th, 2009 at 1:40 pmYou remember back in The Dark Ages when George W. Bush was president? You Googled “miserable failure” and President Bush’s White House biography was the…
The Gregg Ploy
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pmLike my fellow Granite Stater Tim Fernholz, I relish any opportunity to talk about New Hampshire politics outside the context of the primary. So I’m…
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…
