Category: politics
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Change, The Real Thing
There is another race that Senator Barack Obama has won hands-down. He’s the only one with a decent logo. The Obama campaign has developed a contained, clear graphic that conveys just about everything most folks feel they need to know. People know Obama’s got good design on his side, too. Next time there’s news of…
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White Men Can't Talk
The article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. There is a priceless moment in Oliver Stone’s unfairly maligned The Doors, when our heroes are prepping to go on the Ed Sullivan Show. They are met by a stage assistant, a real twerp, who informs them that, “The network guys have a problem with one…
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White Men Can’t Talk
The article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. There is a priceless moment in Oliver Stone’s unfairly maligned The Doors, when our heroes are prepping to go on the Ed Sullivan Show. They are met by a stage assistant, a real twerp, who informs them that, “The network guys have a problem with one…
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A Reformed Reformer
This article first appeared in Pajamas Media. Recently, there was a little-noticed gathering of graybeards in Oklahoma, designed to place the political world on notice that things have gotten too partisan. I say little-noticed because, while the collected firepower in the room was sufficient to garner some approving mentions in the press, especially from the…
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You Lose
This article first appeared in Pajamas Media. My middle school daughter has announced that her new favorite president is Calvin Coolidge. I do not believe it is due to his business-first approach to the Roaring Twenties. My daughter, herself a girl of few words, admires “Silent Cal” for his terseness. Would that this quality were…
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Hack This Vote
This article first appeared in Pajamas Media. I used to work in politics. It was unglamorous, but one thing it seemed to do in the eyes of my friends was give me the sheen of knowledge. People would call me as Election Day approached and ask me, “Who should I vote for?” My days of…
Brad Rourke 