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Chasing Votes in the Wilderness
Comparison: This reality brought us the informational landscape of the 2024 election, in which the two candidates were out chasing an...
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Nov 22, 20242 min read


Sweeping Change.
Comparison: The campaign staff are like the guys with the brooms that are frantically sweeping the ice as this 44-pound rock slides along...
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Nov 11, 20242 min read


Escape! Takedown! Pin!
Comparison: Electoral campaigns always feature some degree of political spin. But combatting Mr. Trump’s claims is like wrestling with...
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Oct 30, 20241 min read


Ouch! And then some.
Comparison: “Bold and unrelenting. Someone using a power drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.“ Ah, to what may we compare the sting of...
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Oct 28, 20241 min read


Is any of that wedding cake still available?
Comparison: When someone joins the vice president’s staff, Harris often asks them to think of a wedding album. Imagine you’ve been to...
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Oct 24, 20242 min read


Against Kabuki Normality.
Comparison: His presence at the Al Smith dinner last night turned the event itself into kabuki theater, in which everyone participating...
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Oct 20, 20241 min read


Scrub-a-dude, Scrub!
Comparison: It’s more an attempt to scrub away the humiliating stain of womanhood from any trait or behavior before letting boys anywhere...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read


Pileup on M-5. Run/ski with care! Mitochondrial Eve! Art Movements! Throwbacks! High Jumpers! Marathoners!
Comparison: . . . doing both [OS experts also writing programming languages] is akin to an Olympic high jumper also qualifying for the...
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Sep 25, 20241 min read


How Far is the First Aid Station?
Comparison: . . . my idea of a marathon is more along the lines of binge-watching a whole season of ‘Emily in Paris’ It's not easy to...
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Sep 18, 20241 min read


Is that a Higgs boson near Taylor Swift?
Comparison: A stationary electron, much like the vibration of a guitar string, is a standing wave that vibrates with a preferred...
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Sep 7, 20242 min read


Perhaps Save the Wand for Later?!
Comparison: ‘It wasn’t a fairy godmother waving a magic wand.’ A campaign aide for Kamala Harris noting the importance of a list of...
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Aug 31, 20241 min read


Don't tell Barney!
Comparison: ‘Eureka‘ may be a little awkward, but what it lacks in sophistication and slickness it makes up for in clumsy sweetness and...
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Aug 24, 20241 min read


Does this mean less C-litter?
Comparison: But that’s going to be hard because . . . I’ll have to teach a bunch of nice people how to be mean. And that’s going to be...
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Aug 18, 20241 min read


Hey . . . Dad—what's this light mean?
Comparison: [Headline:] “Masculinity’s check-engine light is on. Let Tim Walz have a look.“ Monica Hesse, writing a column in the...
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Aug 8, 20241 min read


Ethics, Ethics, Ethics: The Drone Files at the Olympics.
Comparison: This leadership pattern, however, is all too familiar: when leaders make unethical decisions, the blast radius of pain is...
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Jul 30, 20242 min read


Dang! Must Have Been a Faulty Stud Finder.
Comparison: He [Bruce Schneier] compared the situation to a house built in such a way that nailing a picture to the wall puts it at risk...
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Jul 19, 20241 min read


Heavy Hitters Yet to Come in Late Lignup.
Comparison: ‘There is no shame in taking a well-deserved bow to the overflowing appreciation of the crowd when your arm is tired out, and...
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Jul 18, 20242 min read


What Hath Gary Wrought?
Comparison: The story of Hart and the blonde [Donna Rice] didn’t just prove to be Hart’s undoing; it was the story that changed all the...
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Jul 17, 20241 min read


Womp Rats Anyone?
Comparison: The usually too-silent majority of Americans who actually like living in a democracy have discovered the two-meter exhaust...
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Jul 9, 20241 min read


More than 3 Months Away, yes?
Comparison: ‘We are super-thorough and kind of traditional in how we draft bills — meeting with stakeholders, doing outreach,‘ she said....
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Jul 8, 20241 min read

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