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If the NY sales tax exempts "dramatic or musical a...
Pictures from the first walk on the new floor.
"It's just nuts. It's crazy." Why are you texting ...
The floor project, Day 5, continued.
"Eight staffers at Cory Booker's tech start-up hav...
Chicago Public Schools provides "safe passage" map...
The floor project, Day 5.
"We are fuming - this person acted terribly wrong....
"I may yet get married — statistically 90% of peop...
How big law firms entertain summer associates.
"Feminism, in short, doesn't just empower women. I...
"We see the writing the wall, and we have decided ...
Goodbye to Karen Black.
The floor project, end of Day 4.
Jim S. is right, I need more nominees for Most Emb...
"Which ultimately does more good — an article or m...
10 things Scott Walker should do to position himse...
Did Reza Aslan, a Muslim writing about Jesus in "Z...
"Government is the same institution that takes ove...
"Bob Dylan ran through the 18th century English fo...
"Booker's stake is a bribe."
"There is no spying on Americans."
Mr. Bezos, tear down that wall.
Most Embarrassing Sentence in Major Media, 2013.
The floor project, end of Day 3.
Rose of Sharon.
"In 2003, the New York Times published a lengthy a...
12 years without sex, or as Sophie Fontanel calls ...
Hibiscus.
"Look, Putin doesn't deserve the respect after wha...
"We were counting on you to break down the transge...
27-year-old Madison man faces reality and takes ac...
I wasn't going to blog "18 Ways To Eat Hummus All ...
"There is absolutely nothing worse than the stereo...
"Plans by three Catholic hospital systems in Wisco...
Why is Madison police chief Nobel Wray retiring?
FireDogLake calls out Kos: "Markos Moulitsas’ Ugly...
The floor project, end of Day 2.
"I find it so entertaining a small group of whack ...
"I’m polyamorous, which means I believe you can lo...
"It is ironic that Austen, the elegant, precise sa...
The Atlantic empowers readers to post comments nex...
Exile from the big room.
Great ad for a pushup bra.
"You are a drama queen," said the cop to the man h...
The carrots tag.
In 1993, "50% of the women were scoring as mascul...
ABC News producer Don Ennis was happy you accepted...
"Bezos believes that a big reset button is being h...
The age-old advice: Do something.
Bezos and the WaPo paywall.
"This is the inspiring story of Hafid from Dubai, ...
Ted Cruz said: "Buzzfeed — the leftwing site — y’a...
"It's just upsetting to have lost that way. I don'...
"The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its fl...
"Wisconsin DNR removes Facebook page amid national...
The floor project, end of Day 1.
Here's a little something for those of you...
The "therapy dog" scam.
"It’s not the content... We don’t regulate content."
"To adapt H.L. Mencken, nobody ever went broke und...
Yielding the floor.
"Many workplace set ups undermine introverted empl...
"One of the few advantages of dying from Grade 3, ...
"A luxury toilet controlled by a smartphone app is...
"The cultured meat is originally white; the burger...
Threats of rape and murder over replacing Charles ...
"The student was McGinn’s paid research assistant ...
Dog, boat, ball.
What's the point of committing suicide...
Why do philosophy professors call themselves "phil...
"'Heaven sees what the people see, Heaven hears wh...
Do you really need that much dessert?
"I’ve done work with the University of Michigan th...
Prow dog.
"The pros and cons of sex before marriage."
"This house can’t believe you’re scrolling through...
"Why Russia Turned Against The Gays."
"How Friedrich Engels’ Radical Lover Helped Him Fa...
The summer deskscape.
Sexual harassment in academia: It depends on what ...
"He blamed his mother for chewing her food too lou...
Bolus.
"With no notice, the man stepped forward, grabbed ...
Feminist blogger suspects that the AP meant to say...
"Where we were. What we were doing."
Sitting with Abby and Zeus.
"This legislation ensures that local communities h...
The Tea Party "is the same group we faced in the S...
"Did Althouse ask permission before taking this pi...
"'You know, you shouldn't do that,' said her compa...
"Jake Tapper reveals classified information about ...
"It's like Santa for your vagina."
I see that 4 readers bought "$64,000 Jazz"...
"A Unicornucopia of Crazy."
Scenes from the smoke shop.
How to be a great houseguest.
From "dark, prominent, sculpted" to nothing at all.
The "the legions of mulleteers" don't even "seem t...
"Well, I might write a more satisfactory book if I...
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