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Did Arendt identify with Anti-Semitism?

By power dork
Probably. But do you really think homosexuals don’t internalize homophobia or women don’t internalize misogyny in our current society? Or that racial minorities ... Read More

A Man of Illusions

By jack_cerf
Throughout the 1930s the Treasury had warned that rearmament was unaffordable and that another war with Germany would bankrupt the country, ruin the British ... Read More

Tax 'em

By jfmcel
The average income for plastic surgeons is over $300,000 and some make millions a year. They can afford it. Tax 'em. I work in the medical device industry ... Read More

not kvetching at all . . .

By hesch
sorry robert, i think neither of these poems involves kvetching. as you say about the johnson: "With his moral clarity and eloquence, Jonson rises above ... Read More

The Best Breadmaker You Can't Buy New

By DuckworkerMike
Is the old DAK machine. A quick look on the bay <link> ... Read More

Celebrity Dear Prudie

By Bentoniani
Dear Prudie, I am a professional golfer who has a smoking hot Swedish wife...there's just one problem. Recently the National Enquirer ran a story about ... Read More

The critics have a good point

By TR_Populist
Nonetheless, the critics do have a point. Yes, they do, but you fail to mention any of reasonably valid critiques either from the right or the left. What ... Read More

The Key Variable Is Human Suffering

By todji
Which course of action leads to the least amount? As much as a pacifist and ant-war activist as I have been, if pulling out leads to chaos and full scale ... Read More

I have been that genius guy ...

By Malarkey
... and I have to say, it takes a lot more intelligence to know when to pick your battles than it does to just unload every time. I suppose I don't know ... Read More

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Shockingly Bad Advice

By MacAdvisor
Prudy's advice to In Love with a Super Computer was shockingly bad. First, she didn't help the writer with the problem. She gave unsolicited advice to ... Read More

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comment on the XX Factor

By Moirared
... particularly the discussion on intellectualls, featuring in the current Fraywatch column. <link> Moira Redmond Fray Slat ... Read More

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the last letter is a perfect example of the Peter principle

By Kal_Aline
wow, an office manager who doesn't know how to deligate, and which nobody has any respect for. KA good hiring decision, HR department. ... Read More

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The trials of the office manager.

By NewAlgier
The best way to attack this common problem is through the boss for whom you are Executive Assistant, I think. (Perhaps the he/she is the president of the ... Read More

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I disagree on the genious boy advice,

By chance20_m
I'll agree with Prudence up to a point, it is certainly possible that the boyfriend who wins all the arguments is an arogant bully, and I'll grant that ... Read More

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Nice shout out to Dr. Manahatan

By chfbtnka
Is Prudie revealing her inner geek? I expect a comparison to Caprica Six next week. ... Read More

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Smothering BF - why not mutual?

By Wundt
I think Prudence has forgotten what it is like to be in that first relationship. While it is true that the BF may be too clingly... my question is, why ... Read More

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Fray Bash - A Pilgrim's Progress

By Keifus
There's nothing like a song around the nighttime campfire to attune a person to the sense of earthly friendships and even higher powers. Everyone held ... Read More

Are Intellectuals Mean?

By Malone
Rachael, I found your most recent post quite interesting. It is, I think, a good-faith effort to address an issue that has long bedevilled our politics. ... Read More

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How To Kill Your Baby

By august
1. You will kill your baby. You will leave her in a crib, or you will sleep in the same bed with her, where she will fall victim to SIDS. You wil install ... Read More

Royko rolls over and smiles

By Schmutzie
When Rupert Murdoch bought the Chicago Sun-Times in 1984, Mike Royko, my hero, switched teams. He hated Murdoch, and said that "No self respecting fish ... Read More

The arrogance of ignorance

By Knute
Sorry, it's not the informed that are condescending to the uninformed. More often it is the uninformed who cling stubbornly to their mis- or lack of information, ... Read More

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Thoughts on Intellectuals and Anti-Intellectuals

By Adrasteia
And yet Rachel, I do not see a campaign ad from the left accusing conservatives of being "rednecks" or "uneducated." I do see ads from the right accusing ... Read More

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Rachel...

By mattcable
I'm sorry, but no matter how much you might protest you are an intellectual. Frankly your post illustrates nicely the bizarre rhetorical and ideological ... Read More

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The excuses

By hazydavey
I'm just doing this to get started. The right-wingers will likely have 8 years to refine them and to perfect the tone of your whining. 1. Barack Obama ... Read More