Why do some liberals spend so much time advising the GOP how to do better in elections? Why do they expect Republicans to listen?
Privacy Ends Where the Parking Lot Begins
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Nordstrom department store experiments with creepy tracking software, is transparent about it, and stops it upon request. Why do we expect less in the non-Nordstrom world?
White Dude’s Burden
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After an all-white jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin in a racially-charged case, white liberals who didn’t share their friends’ outrage had tp ask themselves some difficult questions.
Robo Sapiens
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The Pentagon has unveiled an incredibly strong and agile humanoid robot. But don’t worry, it claims that this new “robo sapiens” is purely to help old ladies find their way through Nordstrom.
Feminism Marches On
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Six months after being confirmed as National Security Advisor, Susan Rice orchestrated the military coup that toppled Egypt’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi. She’s leaning in!
Torturing the English Language
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If the US declares the military coup in Egypt to have been a military coup, it would be forced to suspend its “foreign aid,” which isn’t aid at all. From coups to torture to FISA, the English language is the number-one victim of enhanced interrogation techniques.
Giving Up a Little Freedom
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Who are you afraid of more? A few terrorists half a world away? Or an all-encompassing police state?
“A 29-Year-Old Hacker”
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Obama is cool, calm and collected – but he has an Achilles’ Heel: contempt for young people, as demonstrated by his condescending comment describing NSA leaker Edward Snowden as “a 29-year-old hacker.”
Gay Liberation
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After the Stonewall riots, the gay liberation movement was militant, agitating for more freedom and radical ways to live. But AIDS led to increased conservatism – and now, after gay marriage was effectively legalized, one had to ask: whatever happened to the thrilling gay movement of the 1970s?
A Little Extra
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After the 9/11 attacks, Americans reasoned that if they had to give up a little extra time at the airport in exchange for security, that was a bargain they were willing to make. As the NSA revelations demonstrate, however, that devil’s bargain led to a slippery slope.
