Does the success of the new Black Eyed Peas show support or refute the argument that America has moved beyond race? Also: robots.
The Post-Racial Eyed Peas: Race, Robots, Ladies, Lumps
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The Five Hottest Presidents of the United States
Admit it. You voted for Obama ’cause he was hotter than McCain. It’s okay. You’re not alone.
Obama Accepts Matrix of Leadership
Political coverage no longer exists. Instead, we have electoral process fanfic
And it’s not even *good* fanfic. Obama and Palin are Mary Sues, the pair of them. Let me be clear: Obama and Palin, the human beings, are as complex and irreducible as any other human beings. But Obama and Palin,…
In search of the legendary Undecideds
If political news was drugs, I’d probably be in Betty Ford right now. Or dead of a massive overdose. I read way way too many blogs, both for the articles that buttress up my own opinions, and the ones that…
Sunday Comics: Speaking of Politics and Humor
Sean Tevis, who is running for State Rep in Kansas, had a brilliant idea to raise campaign funds: become viral on the Internet by doing an xkcd parody. And it’s funnier than xkcd has been recently, which is an added…
The Famous Obama New Yorker Cover
There’s a mid-to-large sized kerfuffle brewing over Barry Blitt’s cover art for the latest New Yorker (at left). As you can see, it shows a caricature of Barack Obama exchanging a “terrorist fist jab” with his wife in the oval…