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The Audacity of Shamelessness
I've been watching the health care reform debate with keen interest. It is one of those situations where I think there's a public policy problem, but the solution is very difficult to tease out. None of the proposals I've heard thus far have truly addressed the problem in an honest way, proposed a solution that would actually address the stated ( Read more... ) -
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I'd think this was extreme satire, had I not lived it a few times (just strike "self-loathing black person" and insert "self-loathing woman"). As gimmelgirl might put it, I'm frummy on the inside, but to the casual observer, I fit with the typical yuppie mold. Combine that with area of law that I practice, and people who don't know me very well have felt ( Read more... ) -
Political Theory 101
James Von Brunn, the man who murdered Holocaust Museum guard Stephen Johns, was a prolific writer, spewing his views all over white supremacist and conspiracy theorist websites, using his own name. People who have had a sufficiently strong stomach to ford these sites to find Von Brunn's essays have found that Von Brunn ( Read more... ) -
SYTYCD 20
Couples ranged from good to outstanding; I don't remember it being this good this early in the competition last year ( Read more... ) -
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Thursday night's Top Twenty results were disappointing. I deeply disagree with the judges' assessment that there was room for only one Broadway boy in top guys; they made room for several contemporary dancers (as usual) and two b-boys, even though the young man from Boston was substandard in all other areas and did not, in my opinion, even make an ( Read more... ) -
SYTYCD Anticipatory Fever
This Mia Michaels piece was one of my favorite contemporary dances last season. I never cared for Kherington's style, but I thought she nailed this performance.
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Chelsie and Mark ably handled everything that was thrown at them. I loved this jazz routine, though I think it wasn't the best of the dances choreographed last season.
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Another great "lyrical" hip-hop dance from last year's SCTYCD. Katee and Joshua were a strong, beautiful pair; definitely my second favorite couple.
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Mark & Chelsie are the Awesomest!
I'm celebrating the return of SYTYCD with my favorite dances from last year. Mark and Chelsie were, by far, my favorite couple, so expect lots of them!
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