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Head of Estate

Jessica Wakeman | Posted April 9, 2008 | Living


Jessica Wakeman

It's hard to find good vintage. If you head to your local hip second-hand store, you'll be frustrated by how they mark up "special" items to Banana Republic prices. If you troll eBay, you'll probably keep getting outbid by VintageGrrl84. Or maybe you're lucky enough to have a mom or...

My Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday Primary Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted February 4, 2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Tomorrow is... (drumroll, please)... Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday!

[OK, I'm already tired of typing that, so henceforth it will be referred to as SDTT, which makes it sound like something you could catch from a toilet seat. Ahem.]

This means we return to our "pick the primary winners" series, for...

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DeLauro To Endorse Obama On Saturday

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   February 1, 2008 11:45 AM


Rep Rosa DeLauro, a veteran high-ranking Democrat from Connecticut, is set to endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday, the Huffington Post has learned. DeLauro will be the third House member from Connecticut in recent days to throw support behind Obama....

Obama's Image Problem In The Jewish Community

Heidi Pickman | Posted January 24, 2008 | Off The Bus


Heidi Pickman

In conversations with several Jewish South Florida voters, I've repeatedly heard Senator Obama called 'Barack HUSSEIN Obama', with an emphasis on his middle name that was not endearing. I'm not the only observer of this phenomenon.

Clearly, Obama is having a problem courting a segment of the Jewish...

Why I'm Supporting Barack Obama

Ned Lamont | Posted January 10, 2008 | Politics


Ned Lamont

When I decided to run for Senate, I did so because I deeply believed that the citizens of Connecticut were yearning to see fundamental changes in our politics - changes that would make government work for them again.

Today, with our Presidential primary in Connecticut less than a month away,...

Harvard 37, Yale 6... Happy Thanksgiving, Anyway

Alex Remington | Posted November 21, 2007 | Living


Alex Remington

It was the worst football game of the year, and I barely cared. I drove back from New Haven Sunday night trying not to think about football, listening to GWAR turned way down so as not to disturb my nearly-sleeping passengers, digesting Cracker Barrel meatloaf, squinting to see the tar...

Graphic Novels: Threat or Menace?

Tom Tomorrow | Posted October 25, 2007 | Media


Tom Tomorrow

Fifty three years after Dr. Fredric Wertham argued in "Seduction of the Innocent" that comic books were corrupting the morals of our youth, a public schoolteacher has been forced to resign -- and faced the threat of criminal prosecution -- for giving a student a graphic novel as a reading...

Clean Money from "Corrupticut" to Congress

James Sample | Posted October 10, 2007 | Politics


James Sample

Last night, a Republican was the victor in one of the most important political contests of 2007. With apologies to the debaters in Michigan, the contest last night with the most promise for a more accountable democracy was won by Jason Perillo. Perillo, a publicly financed Republican defeated a publicly...


 

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