Tag Archives: Santorum

what is the city but the people?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

Here’s a fun fact about Marco Rubio, the 41-year-old Republican Senator from Florida: his first job was building cages for exotic birds. He’s not the first politician to start small; Ronald Reagan washed tables in a women’s dormitory, Jimmy Carter … Continue reading →

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i approve this message

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

I am bereft. No more debates, polls, rallies, speeches, commercials, interviews, reports, documentaries, photo-calls, in-depth articles, out-of-their-depth articles, profile pieces, diary pieces, speculative pieces, twitter-spats, commentators and talking heads. Goddamn it. But oh man, what a year. Every moment of … Continue reading →

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those they left behind

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

As Romney and Obama battle it out tonight in one of the most heated and sterile environments known to anyone who’s not a lab technician, spare a thought for those good folks for whom the words ‘it coulda been me’ never … Continue reading →

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sledging in denver

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

What do Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State, and Chris Broderick, guitarist with thrash metal band Megadeth, have in common? Do they favour the same brand of breakfast cereal? It’s possible. Are they aficionados of the 1983 sci-fi television … Continue reading →

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balloons and stardust

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

“So are you excited about voting in your first election?” I asked a young colleague at a work dinner. “Yeah, kind of,” she replied, “But I don’t think I’ll bother with the presidential vote. I mean, I wanna make sure … Continue reading →

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confused about American politics? me too.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

So, where were we? Ah yes. Newt Gingrich bowed out of the campaign for the nomination with a verbose and graceless speech so heavy with narcissism that it’s a wonder he didn’t plummet through the stage after spraying his horrified audience … Continue reading →

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rejection

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

“Please don’t worry about it, I’ve seen far worse,” explained the dentist. “We treat a lot of people from the World Bank.” I had fretted that my first time with a dentist here in the States would result in him bolting in terror … Continue reading →

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embarrassing dad

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

When I was a teenager, my Dad used to teach the folk at church the new hymns. Every Sunday he’d stand in the aisle before the service started, sing each verse, then get the congregation to sing it back to … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum, fashion icon

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

I wore a pair of leggings this week for the first time in almost twenty years. I was forced to buy them because I am too lazy to shave my legs in these winter months and was becoming increasingly concerned … Continue reading →

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