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Conservative Soul Searching (I Know There’s One In Here Somewhere)
I won’t deny that I’ve had no small amount of schadenfreude about conservatives twisting in the wind in the months since the election, but I had anticipated them getting their act together more by this...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Los Angeles Dodgers
Even the most adamant baseball fans get a little bored with spring training. Sure each team has its own intrigue and drama, but overall, it becomes a little mundane to follow from the time March rolls...
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Sports Community Shout Out: David Wright.
For baseball fans, the World Baseball Classic gives us a chance to root for our collective home team, USA baseball. For the players, it gives them pride to wear the USA logo on the front. But for...
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MSNBC Needs its Best Hitter Back in the Lineup
Back on Valentines Day, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek progressive punditry tale about how a couple perfect for each other needed to come to their senses and “Kiss and Make Up.” Yeah, well Valentines Days...
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Separation of Marriage and State
Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments on two potential landmark cases involving same-sex marriage in the United States. The argument has gone back and forth between the two sides as either a...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Rex Burkhead And A Little Boy With Cancer (VIDEO)
All little Jack Hoffman wanted for his fifth birthday was a Nebraska Cornhuskers #22 Rex Burkhead jersey. What he received instead was a new best friend, Rex Burkhead. Jack Hoffman is a young fan who,...
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Rand Paul’s History Gaffe
It is one thing for some conservative half-assed Facebook history hack, or the likes of David Barton, to trot out the argument that Republicans are not the racists because Lincoln freed the slaves and...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Jason Collins
Professional sports are about testosterone, being macho, and all the other manly clichés that can fit onto a blog page. In the sanctity of the locker room players jest and challenge each other’s...
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I’m Tired of False Memes
We have all seen the “I’m 83 (or 76 depending on the version) and I’m Tired” meme or e-mail floating around in cyber-sphere that has been falsely attributed to Bill Cosby. Yet, in many cases, when...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Portland Timbers
When talking about professional sports in the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS), usually get secondary air time. On May 1, 2013, for one day in Portland, soccer was top billing. In conjunction...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Tampa Bay Rays (VIDEO)
Nine year old Alayna Adams thought she was throwing out the first pitch of a Tampa Bay Rays game on behalf of the USO. She did not pay attention to the Tampa Bay Rays catcher who patiently waited....
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It’s About the Next Black President
“Look, when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, black people didn’t get one at-bat and were done.” ~ Larry Wilmore You have to wonder why certain Republican leaders are still running...
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Maher Set Me Straight on Reagan Legacy.
Yes, many progressives have done it. I’ve done it on occasion, as I have seen left leaning pundits do it on air. In our efforts to prove how far right the current Republican Party has traversed, we...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Chase Utley and Animal Welfare
Regardless of your favorite Major League baseball team, if you are an animal lover you will become a fan of Chase Utley, second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, after reading this shout-out....
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Sports Community Shout Out: Name Your Hometown Off-Field Hero
Tired of the wall-to-wall coverage of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez? So are we. Instead, I would like to draw your attention to the players and teams who have done great...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Shaquille O’Neal
To paraphrase his Chrysler commercial: “He may have retired from the game, but Shaq has not retired from charitable work.” On July 1, 2013, during the induction ceremony of the newly opened Louisiana...
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Brace Yourself. Here Comes Faux Outrage Over Obamacations.
It’s that time of year again. You knew it was coming. Rachael Maddow’s blog is warning us. What is it? It’s the faux outrage, generated by right-wing talking heads led by Fox News, over President...
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Sports Community Shout Out: Matt Duchene
We are still nearly two months away from the drop of the puck and ushering in the 2013-14 season of NHL hockey. Players and coaches are preparing for the start of training camp, keeping in shape,...
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Non-Story Alert: Sidney Crosby and the PA DMV
Let me start with a full disclaimer. I am a hockey nut. I will watch ice hockey at all levels. I will root for Team USA, whether it is the ladies or the men. I will watch the Beanpot tournament,...
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Open Letter to MSNBC: Find Air Time for John Fugelsang
Mr. Bill Wolff Program Director, MSNBC Prime Time 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY. 10112 First of all, let me open by stating that MSNBC has done a fine job in targeting the 18-35 year old...
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