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Friday, June 1, 2012

Once again, whites losing ground economically prefer the candidate whose party is responsible

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By Marc Jampole You wouldn’t ask a fox to guard a henhouse. Nor would you ask a known thief to serve as treasurer for a charity. And you ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Teen magazine manufactures new holiday dedicated to shopping

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By Marc Jampole Anyone with doubts that the primary way in which Americans commemorate and celebrate is to shop should see all the proof ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Now joining the Un-History channel is Non-Animal Planet with its feature on mermaids

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By Marc Jampole We’re used to the History Channel running pseudo-historical and non-historical shows. And the only thing it seems you c...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Is the mainstream moving left or just reacting to right-wingers behaving badly?

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By Marc Jampole The main stream seems to be taking a hard look at some of the more radical ideas of the right wing. Over the past week o...

Latest Parade Magazine begs question: has eating replaced buying stuff as the way to celebrate in America

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By Marc Jampole Most of us have heard of twice baked potatoes and those who frequent Chinese restaurants often see twice cooked pork on ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Selections from the June 15, 2012 issue

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COVER/William Lazonick When execs abandoned the 99%  EDITORIAL Boot the billionaires LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  RURAL ROUTES/Margot Mc...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

What Facebook does in first few trading days is meaningless. Media coverage is a form of celebritiosis

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By Marc Jampole The major business news story this morning was the fact that Facebook fell four points or a little over 11% in its second...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Save 'The American Prospect'

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While checking blogs, I noticed at TheNation.com a post, " Save The American Prospect " by Katrina vanden Heuvel, noting that The ...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Movies from comic books are one more sign of the infantilization of American adults

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By Marc Jampole My generation read comic books growing up: Superman, Batman and their various ancillary Supers and Bats. Green Lantern a...
Monday, May 14, 2012

By going from commercialization to ritual, Mother’s Day reverses pattern of most holidays

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By Marc Jampole Mother’s Day dominated the news media yesterday. Every newspaper had a Mother’s Day story on the front cover and every ...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Selections from the June 1, 2012 issue

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COVER/Andrew Leonard Mitt: the real European  EDITORIAL GOP, heal thyself LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen ...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

President’s support for gay marriage is great, but the battle isn’t over yet

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By Marc Jampole Civil rights activists and those who believe in the separation of church and state have reason to rejoice at President ...

Fighting Bob Fest North Coming Up May 19

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“We are the 99%” will be the theme for the 2012 FightingBobFest North as it returns to the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Chippew...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Soft drink advertisers want us to think that “smaller” means “small” and “fewer” means “few”

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By Marc Jampole Four large manufacturers of processed beverages—The Coca Cola Company, the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Pepsico and SunnyD...