Post-election: What do we talk about now?

The votes are in and Senator Barack Obama is the U.S. President-elect. Many are thrilled, many are disappointed, and many wonder what we’ll talk about now.
Earlier this week, the women of The View brought up that question, wondering what will fill the show’s daily (and often heated) Hot Topics segment - as well as the [...]

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Look . . .

Tonight’s second Presidential Debate is sure to be exciting, and the economy is certain to be a focal point once again.
I have noticed, though, the sudden preponderance of the “look” command in political discourse and pundit commentary. Barack Obama has always used the interjection, but now everyone is saying it.
“Look . . . the American [...]

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The subtle business of satire

The controversy about the current cover cartoon of The New Yorker raises the always difficult question of how to execute satire.
 
The New Yorker editor defends the cartoon – entitle “The Politics of Fear” – by arguing that it is a satire of the extreme, incorrect perceptions existing of Barack Obama and his politics and background. “The [...]

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