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'I Say Bravo to Zuckerberg and Chan'

Mark Zuckerberg still has at least one fan after that fiasco of an IPO, but it has nothing to do with his business maneuverings.

By Adam Martin

May 24, 2012

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'Where's My Gun Atlantic Wire?'

It's true: Our little gimmicks to bring in readers pack far less bang than The Daily Caller's plan to give out a gun a week until election day.

Comments | 684 Views

By Adam Martin

May 23, 2012

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'There Is No Economy of Scale As a Single'

A couple of commenters touched on a good point tangential to Jen Doll's No Sympathy For the Singles, but we're only featuring the one that taught us a new word.

Comments | 1,292 Views

By Adam Martin

May 22, 2012

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'No One Owns an Idea'

In this time of big Facebook headlines, today's commenter borrowed wisdom from the movie The Social Network to address another set of fighting tech entrepreneurs.

Comments | 532 Views

By Adam Martin

May 17, 2012

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'Her Music Never Got Old and in My Mind Neither Did She'

The death of Donna Summer touched a lot of people, many of them our readers, and reminded us of a bygone era not just of musical genre but of technology.

Comments | 380 Views

By Adam Martin

May 16, 2012

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'Dispatch Photogs to the Astor Place Chase Bank!'

Sometimes the pictures just don't match the words, as with today's breathless reporting of a possible run on Greek banks accompanied by photos of ATM users calmly standing in line.

Comments | 380 Views

By Adam Martin

May 15, 2012

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'Maybe the French Secret Service Hired Maids at All Major Hotels'

Nothing has been cut and dry in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, especially Strauss-Kahn's claim his encounter with Nafissatou Diallo was entirely consensual and he was set up, and at this point our readers readily mock suggestions his version could be the truth.

Comments | 1,368 Views

By Adam Martin

May 14, 2012

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'See You in Tampa'

Covering Ron Paul just wouldn't be the same without the (sometimes vociferous) input from readers loyal to him.

Comments | 299 Views

By Adam Martin

May 11, 2012

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'I Hope My Parenting Is Never Judged...'

Sometimes it's the simple points that we need to be reminded of most, which commenters demonstrated in their responses to Jen Doll's post on that "attachment child" featured Friday morning on The Today Show.

Comments | 1,822 Views

By Adam Martin

May 10, 2012

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'A "Toddler" Indeed!'

Nothing gets commenters going like a TSA outrage story: Responses to Alex Abad-Santos' post about an 18-month-old who made the no-fly list ranged from snarky to serious, but the two that made us snort imagined the baby as an actual terrorist.

Comments | 912 Views

By Adam Martin

May 9, 2012

'This Isn't About Immaturity vs. Seriousness'

We love our commenters, especially when they dive into conflicts near to our hearts like the cultural divide between New York and San Francisco, and even when their points don't make sense at first blush.

Comments | 456 Views

By Adam Martin

May 2, 2012

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'Maybe The Idea Is to Rile Up the People Who Hate Obama Already'

A lot of people weighed in on John Hudson's post about the "swift-boating" of President Barack Obama, most either to remind us of George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" moment, or to call Obama a socialist, but one take on the ad actually was pretty original.

Comments | 1,633 Views

By Eric Randall

Dec 2, 2011