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Speech of the devil: Words That Work

By Steve | Published: November 8, 2011
Imagine: I recommend reading a book by the guy who gave us “death tax,” “energy exploration” and the Contract with America. Frank Luntz helps Republicans choose words that resonate with Independents. I held my nose and bought his book, Words That Work, hoping to learn the devil’s secrets so I could twist them to good [...]
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How about a Support Our Troops tax?

By Steve | Published: March 10, 2011
For the first time in our nation’s history, we went to war AND cut taxes. I propose a Support Our Troops Tax. Figure out the past, present and future costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and set a tax to pay the tab now instead of passing it on to our kids and [...]
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My favorite signs from Rally for Sanity and/or Fear

By Steve | Published: October 30, 2010
I looked at all 300+ signs submitted to the Huffington Post (I couldn’t stop!). Here are my favorites. Tweet
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“We live in the United States of Amnesia”

By Steve | Published: March 20, 2010
Gore Vidal said those words in the documentary Why We Fight. To me, it is the punchline to the question: What do you call the country that ignores the lessons of history and is doomed to repeat them? Vidal was explaining why we don’t understand the animosity that people in the Mideast have for the [...]
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The word for what I feel about Obama: Disappointed

By Steve | Published: November 29, 2009
I’m trying to be patient. But WTF: first we line up behind Russia and China in favor landmines, and now we’ll be escalating war? Tweet
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How much time is left to civilization?

By Steve | Published: October 16, 2009
What was going through that Easter Islander’s mind when he cut down the last palm tree, sealing his people’s doom? Was the last Viking to die in Greenland a wealthy man or a peasant who stormed his farm to butcher his last cow? Jared Diamond excels at putting human flesh on the archaeological bones left [...]
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