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One of my favorite bits from Sesame Street ever: Thanks to Chris Clarke.

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Trivial Blogging

(I am blogging light today; this should not be confused with a real post. Also, it contains a spoiler.) I saw Match Point the other day. It feels ungrateful to complain about any movie that involves Jonathan Rhys Meyers blindfolded–and soaking wet, albeit not at the same time–but did Woody Allen just forget that he’d [...]

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Is Wal-Mart Good for the Working Class?

Uh, no.

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OMG a Gawker link!

Swoon.

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It’s the Birth Control, Stupid

Give women the tools to prevent unintended pregnancy and they will. The problem is, a lot of women aren’t getting those tools. A new statistical analysis, published this month, shows that poor and uneducated women have fallen farther behind their more affluent peers in their ability to control fertility and plan childbearing. The nation’s overall [...]

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Peter Daou is Clinton’s New Blog Advisor

Congrats to Peter, one of my favorite bloggers (and just a really nice guy) on his new position with Sen. Clinton. But don’t worry, Peter will still be hanging around at the Daou Report, although he won’t be posting as much of his own stuff. I’m glad that he’s sticking around — Peter’s one of [...]

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L.A. Cancels Bikini Contest for the Kitties

What a stupid idea. Since taking office last summer, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has urged his employees to be creative and think outside the box. Taking that advice to heart, the chief of the Los Angeles Animal Services Department paired with a Hooters restaurant in Hollywood for a bikini contest to raise money for city neutering [...]

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Why Racial Profiling Doesn’t Work

The arrest of terrorists in Miami, among others.

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