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Archive | May 18, 2009
This is not your father's NBA
Here’s what you need to know about today’s National Basketball Association. Imagine the following sentence in any previous era: The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics were defeated on their home floor in a playoff Game 7 because they couldn’t find a way to stop a small forward from Turkey.
Fort Palooka
by Jeff Huber The recent announcement of General David McKiernan’s permanent transfer to Fort Palooka is the latest punch line in our Bananastan farce.Defense secretary Robert Gates claims that McKiernan’s relief as commander in Afghanistan merely reflected a need for “fresh thinking,” but even the war mongrels on the rabid right can see it was […]
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- S&R Nonfiction: “The Nobodies,” by Jennifer Pocock
- “See You in Hell” and the dominatrix garage: The Lost Patrol drops a new video, and btw, the CD is fantastic
- Iran’s election nuclear, but not nuked
- More light! More light! Reviewing Fred Chappell’s Brighten the Corner Where You Are
- Happy Father’s Day: "The Day Daddy Died"
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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Russ Wellen: Fundamentally, I agree with both of you. It's just…
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Samuel Smith: I think this about sums it up. You have both moral…
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“See You in Hell” and the dominatrix garage: The Lost Patrol drops a new video, and btw, the CD is fantastic | Scholars and Rogues: […] in nearly 30 posts here at S&R, and …
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A Walkaway: Polk County, Florida was hit by three different hu…
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Jim Booth: You could also find The Fred Chappell Reader - gre…
