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Cocktail Crossfire: Are Nasty, Evil, Anonymous Commenters Good for Anything?

Proposed legislation in New York State hopes to rid the Internet of mean, anonymous commenters. But do we really want to get rid of those people, even if we can?

By Jen Doll

Apr 20, 2012

Some Last Thoughts on CorgiGate

Thursday I wrote an innocent post, proffering an opinion, the simple opinion of one blogger. I came down against the corgi.

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By Richard Lawson

Feb 28, 2012

On 'The Berenstain Bears' and When to Say Nothing at All

For at least one person, Slate's Hanna Rosin, The Berenstain Bears were horrid regressive devils, and Berenstain's death merits a contrarian essay about the books' awfulness, complete with the phrase "good riddance." Good riddance? Good grief.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 27, 2012

Cat Running for Congress Could Teach Politicians a Few Things

Today on the (much) lighter side of political news: A cat named Hank is running for Congress in Virginia. Minus the fact that he's a cat, he's doing what every modern-day politician dreams of: Going viral.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 16, 2011

Lawmakers Table SOPA to Bring in the Number Crunchers

Members of the House Judiciary Committee decided on Friday to table the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) until 2012 -- however, in a somewhat sneaky last minute move, Rep. Lamar Smith scheduled an early morning hearing on Wednesday to try one more time to push the bill through.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Dec 12, 2011

Viral Web Monitor BuzzFeed Is Suddenly Hiring Political Writers

BuzzFeed, which has spent its life building an encyclopedia of other people's greatest Web hits, has hired away one of the key reporters from the website Politico, to be its new editor-in-chief and build their own original news division. Smith, who was one of the first hires at Politico five years ago, said there are plans to hire a dozen more reporters.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Dec 8, 2011