Best Of: Politics

After the Debate? Angry & Frustrated.

by Jane Devin on 10/03/2008

I’ve studiously avoided the topic of politics since my feckless peers threw Hillary Clinton out with the bath water.   I’ve bitten my tongue against denigrating phrases like “the bubba factor” to describe the working class.  I’ve sat on my hands to prevent myself from writing diatribes against poisonous but persistent Republicans, and vaporous, elitist liberals. [...]

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Marion Jones, Meet Halliburton

by Jane Devin on 01/12/2008

Olympic medalist Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday on two counts of perjury, after admitting to lying to federal investigators about her steroid use. Following the serving of her sentence, Jones will be on probation for two years and serve 800 hours of community service. Somehow, I am reminded of Martha [...]

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Limbaugh: A $250M Fraud*

by Jane Devin on 10/04/2007

In the early eighties, before he was cleaned up and suited up, Rush Limbaugh worked for the same company I did, McClatchy Broadcasting.  Back then, before Limbaugh’s show was picked up for syndication, his pants hung too low and there were buttons missing from his stained shirt.  He was a typical not-ready-for-TV radio personality and [...]

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