Presidential Debate Guests: Now Just Another Feature of the Reality ShowCandidates' guests used to be more about highlighting their past successes. Now, they're about "creating moments — generating news clips and viral memes, setting up your opponent to misstep, ... [and] trying to derive the narrative."
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Merrick Garland and the New Politicization CreepCongressional Republicans' refusal to consider the D.C.-circuit judge's nomination for the Supreme Court is the latest — and most dangerous — example of the dysfunction and hyper-politicization degrading once-given governing processes.
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BRIEFSAnti-TrumpThose appalled by his win have to balance frustration with positive action.
Meta-commentaryWhat to do when everything has already been said about everything.
AbdicationEven if many Sanders supporters despise Clinton, go ahead and see what abstaining will do.
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"Fear the Walking Dead" Shows Signs of LifeThe spin-off was quickly becoming a predictable West Coast version of the original series.
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Patriotism's Home FieldWhat does major league sports' wholesale embrace of patriotism and military appreciation mean for them, their viewers, and patriotism itself?
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The Entertainment Phenomenon of the DecadeHow the 2016 presidential campaign is shaping up to be quite a reality show
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OPINIONPresidential Debate Guests: Now Just Another Feature of the Reality ShowCandidates' guests are about "creating moments — generating news clips and viral memes, setting up your opponent to misstep, ... [and] trying to derive the narrative."
Voting and Cigarettes? No. Life Imprisonment? Yes.A 13-year-old is correctly deemed too innocent to buy a cigarette and not intellectually developed enough for the right to vote, but is, apparently, old enough to be tried as an adult in criminal court and locked away.
The Breaking News PandemicExcessive use of the "breaking news" tag is resulting in sensationalized stories and draws attention away from the stories that matter.
Real-Life Cultural Stereotypes in "A Song of Ice and Fire"You can't read the Slaver's Bay chapters without realizing that this is how anti-Islam folks (and westerners of yore) see the Middle East. May contain vague spoilers.
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