Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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US Politics

04 Jun 2004, 9:38 a.m.

"Scum-Sucking Bottom Feeders"

The writer of a letter to the editor used this epithet, which doesn't quite work, in my view. Jon Stewart has had the hilarious David Cross and the "Talking Points Memorized" Thomas Friedman on The …

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13 May 2004, 9:55 a.m.

Media Revue

All three of these bits of media experience have something to do with the Middle East! And I didn't even intend it. Last night's Enterprise provoked even more US/Middle East Allegory babble in me. The …

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26 Nov 2003, 12:07 p.m.

Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian

Wesley Clark talks about his spiritual beliefs. He's regularly attended a few different churches in his life. Right now he considers himself a Catholic, but doesn't attend a Catholic church.   ...One night I walked …

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28 Jul 2003, 10:55 a.m.

In Which I Play Andrew Northrup

This Paul Conrad cartoon features (I think) George W. Bush, at 79% approval, running in a race, and another George W. Bush, at 42% approval, gaining on him. But at first I thought it featured …

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21 Feb 2003, 8:17 a.m.

Skit and Skittishness

When I discovered that Colin Powell's son Michael heads up the Federal Communications Commission, and that (according to Leonard) he's actually quite qualified and everything, the following skit presented itself:   Michael: (comes home, hangs …

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24 Jun 2002, 9:36 a.m.

Looking for frustrated sarcasm among our nation's elected leaders?Here ya…

Looking for frustrated sarcasm among our nation's elected leaders? Here ya go: House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) added, "I don't want to tie [the president's] hands, but I think he would want to get …

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08 Nov 2001, 10:37 a.m.

So I listen to NPR and sometimes browse magazines and…

So I listen to NPR and sometimes browse magazines and news-supply websites (e.g., Slate and Salon). Here's something I know I'm not alone in noticing: The consensus seems to have arrived: the shorthand for referring …

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