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Blog Entries by Michael Sigman from 06/2011

The Case for Cheesecake and Hot Fudge Sundaes

| Posted 06.04.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks, Guilty Pleasures, Cheese, Healthy Living, Diet, Personal Health, Vice, Healthy Living News

The fantasy that President Obama would celebrate his Bin Laden triumph by enjoying a cigarette reminds us that an American president would sooner sneak a few puffs in some dark corner of the White House than publicly partake in such a "sinful" pleasure.

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Memo to 2012 Candidates: Thanks (But No Blanks) for the Memories

| Posted 06.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: False Memories, Newt Gingrich, Newt Gingrich 2012, Sarah Palin 2012, Election 2012, Obama 2012, Politics News

How can politicians and their consultants expect voters to "re-remember" reality? Perhaps because they know that's how the brain works.

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Zen and the Art of Presidential Politics -- or Not

| Posted 06.13.2011 | Politics
Read More: Zen, Michelle Bachmann, Anthony Weiner, Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Jerry Brown, Herman Cain, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Elections 2012, Politics News

How about a moratorium on the politicization of Zen? What we're looking for is authenticity, a goal Zen shares with most religions, systems of thought and plain common sense.

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GOP Candidates Boldly Oppose Shariah Threat to America!

| Posted 06.16.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Sharia Law, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Republicans, GOP Debate, Comedy News

The lack of hard news must not discourage us from acknowledging the extraordinary courage the GOP hopefuls displayed in focusing on a grave and imminent threat facing America: Shariah law.

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Enough With 'on Steroids' -- How About 'on Acid'?

| Posted 06.26.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Timothy Leary, Harvard Acid Studies, John Hopkins University, Timothy Leary Acid, Acid Study, Timothy-Leary-Papers, Comedy News

We are using up our nation's reserve of precious steroid metaphors is my point. While we wait for a timelier catchphrase to bubble up from the streets, I'd recommend we rush into use, at least temporarily, the entertaining '60s trope, "on acid."

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Note to GOP Candidates: Stick to ABBA Songs

| Posted 06.30.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Karl Rove, Chris Christie, Abba, Mitt Romney, Bachmann Announcement, Elections 2012, Rudy Guiliani, John Wayne, Rick Perry, Elvis Presley, Who-Is-John-Wayne, John Wayne Waterloo, Bachmann 2012, Michele Bachmann Announcement, Talking Heads, Bachmann John Wayne, Herman Cain, John Wayne Gacy, Tim Pawlenty, Bruce Springsteen, Comedy News

The good news for GOP hopefuls is that they need look no further than the ABBA canon when selecting their own theme music.

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