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The Orange Couch Does Mad Men: S6E7, “Man With A Plan”
New Orange Couch! Marc and I discuss the themes of dominance and submission, history repeating itself, and authenticity vs. substitution. My Texas heart soared to see the overt allusions to The Last Picture Show. For a person who works in creative, Don sure likes to think that the only route…
Former senator George McGovern dies at age 90
WASHINGTON — Former US senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90. The family said in a statement that the liberal standard-bearer died at about 5:15…
Woodward and Bernstein: Nixon ‘far worse’ than we thought
Almost four decades after the infamous Watergate break-in, the reporters who broke the story have concluded that then-president Richard Nixon was “far worse” than they thought. Nixon resigned in August 1974 for his administration’s role in a June 17, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate…
Nixon ‘far worse’ than thought say Watergate reporters
Almost four decades after the infamous Watergate break-in, the reporters who broke the story have concluded that then-president Richard Nixon was “far worse” than they thought. Nixon resigned in August 1974 for his administration’s role in a June 17, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate…
Music Fridays: Good Riddance, Snowe Edition
Olympia Snowe’s departure is causing a lot of lamenting about the end of moderation in the Republican Party. The problem is that Snowe wasn’t a moderate; she’s a hard line conservative who probably falls to the right of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Yes, she voted against the Blunt amendment—in…
Sean Penn: ‘I applaud the spirit’ of Occupy Wall Street
Academy award winning actor and activist Sean Penn appeared on Piers Morgan Tonight Friday evening and expressed positive sentiments for Occupy Wall Street. “I applaud the spirit of what’s happening now on Wall Street,” he told host Morgan. “I hope that increased organization can come to it.” Penn also felt…
Nixon And Ninjas Agree: I Am Too Sexy To Live
Richard Nixon was many things. Thief. Liar. And, apparently, massive drinker of the mulatto haterade. (It restores vital malevolytes!) Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster “permissiveness,” and said that “it breaks the family.” But he also saw a need for abortion in some cases, such as interracial…
Sharecrop Them Votes!
Bruce Bartlett seeks to convince us that the GOP is the party of civil rights, based on a McCain-esque timeline that treats 1865 like it was just yesterday: Everyone knows this, but it’s worth repeating: The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln and was established in 1854 to…
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