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Category: Politics & Lifestyle

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Can a Billionaire be the Hero in 2020?

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Maybe Bruce Wayne is better off putting on the batsuit than mucking around in politics

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  • Politics & Lifestyle

Community’s Most Beautiful Episode

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 19, 2019

Ultimately, Community’s masterstroke for the episode and as a series overall is that Harmon tapped into an existential diaspora of our post-boomer, capitalism-disillusioned generation that disgraced power lawyer Jeff Winger was thrust among in the show

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  • Politics & Lifestyle

The Self-Aware Newsman

  • by nigelwalsh
  • Posted on September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

After demanding a political outsider for president for nearly three decades, far before it was fashionable, Carlin got his wish. It was granted in about the most Faustian way possible, and it’s left him stranded.

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  • Politics & Lifestyle

The Old Deal

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 31, 2019August 8, 2019

Here’s the hard truth: that’s part of the deal they’re accepting with America’s promise of opportunity and prosperity, it’s in the fine print as far as they and many other immigrants are concerned.

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  • Essay

Our Responsibility

  • by nigelwalsh
  • Posted on July 29, 2019July 31, 2019

Our mainstream American culture is inundated with cheap, meaningless, and unoriginal storytelling, journalism, and commentary. I need my fellow citizens to be wise and informed to steer our nation into a dynamic future.

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  • Politics & Lifestyle

The Privilege of Education

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019

“I’ve been rethinking one of my earliest childhood crushes because Aunt Becky (Lori Loughlin) is in the news for something other than Fuller House this week-“

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