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January 21, 2014
Michael Schaffer
Four Ways of Thinking About The Big 'Washington Post' News
December 18, 2013
Michael Schaffer
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Is a Terrible, Terrible Song
You know it's about bullying, right?
November 26, 2013
Michael Schaffer
I’m Sick of Other Holidays, But I Still Love Thanksgiving
It's still inclusive and noncommercial. Be grateful.
November 22, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Most Annoying Thing About Cellphones on Airplanes
It's not overhearing conversations. It's listening to people complain about overhearing conversations.
October 28, 2013
Michael Schaffer
What If POLITICO Had Covered the Civil War?
Playbook, Emancipation Day Edition
October 23, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Maryville, Missouri Is a Lawless Hellhole
And other things you can't say about small towns
October 22, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Here's Who Obama Should Hire to Fix the Obamacare Site: Mitt Romney
(The old Mitt Romney, that is.)
October 19, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Worst Tom Foley Obituary Headline
October 15, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Pundits Are Running Out of Lunatics to Compare with Republicans
Find a disturbing historical analogy before they're all taken!
October 15, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Liberals Should Vote Centrist in Local Elections
Why you'll miss the age of the imperial centrist mayor
October 14, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Here's How the Washington Football Team's Name Controversy Will End
Teens will do what Obama can't
October 10, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Blaze of Glory Fallacy
October 8, 2013
Michael Schaffer
One Graph Shows Why Democrats Shouldn't Celebrate the Shutdown Blame Game
October 7, 2013
Michael Schaffer
'Meese is a Pig,' Remembered
October 7, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Of Course the Best Local-TV Tweet Ever Comes from Philadelphia
October 4, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Factoid That Explains Why You Want to Live in a Blue State
August 22, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The One Big Question Where Americans and Rick Perry Agree
August 20, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Canada Responds to Ted Cruz's Renunciation of Citizenship
August 20, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Legal Pot Has a Branding Problem
Step away from the Doritos, people!
August 5, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Why I'm Oddly Wistful About the Post Sale

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