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Savage Love
Oct 20, 2016
Introducing ‘the Trump Talk’
Dan Savage sanctions a new coinage on behalf of little girls.
By Dan Savage
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Donald Trump
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Rick Santorum
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Kelly Oxford
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the Trump Talk
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gropers
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male entitlement
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 26, 2015
Mayor Rahm sends me a kinder, gentler version of a dead fish
Some of the greatest journalistic minds in Chicago will come to the Hideout on February 3 to discuss, among other things, whether there's any truth whatsoever to Rahm's campaign propaganda.
By Ben Joravsky
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Politics
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News
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The Hideout
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Bob Fioretti
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Jesus Garcia
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William Walls
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Willie Wilson
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Dan Mihalopoulos
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Jen Sabella
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Perri Small
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dnainfo
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WVON
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Joe Ricketts
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Bruce Rauner
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Reader
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Rahm Emanuel
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Sun-Times
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Mick Dumke
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Chicago
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minimum wage
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Rick Santorum
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Bleader
Apr 11, 2012
Alms for Santorum
The former candidate wants you to end poverty as he knows it
By Steve Bogira
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Politics
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News
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Rick Santorum
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welfare
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Medicaid
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President Obama
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Bleader
Apr 3, 2012
A duck walks into a Republican
Our Oulipian wordplay begins.
By Steve Bogira
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Politics
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ducks
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Rick Perry
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Newt Gingrich
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Ron Paul
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Mitt Romney
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Rick Santorum
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Obamacare
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Romneycare
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Wordplay Week
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Variations on a Theme
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Bleader
Mar 22, 2012
I'll show you my social capital if you show me yours
Ross Douthat is still worried about your sex life
By Sam Worley
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Piety
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News
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New York Times
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Ross Douthat
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New York
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New York magazine
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Sex Diaries
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sex
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JFK
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Harvard
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Rick Santorum
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 13, 2012
Obama's speaking dilemma
When Obama speaks, people listen—but does it matter?
By Steve Bogira
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News
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President Obama
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speeches
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Mitt Romney
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Rick Santorum
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New Yorker
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David Axelrod
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Jim Cooper
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Ronald Reagan
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Reagan Revolution
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the Great Communicator
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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fireside chats
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Bill Clinton
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John Boehner
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midterm elections
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payroll-tax cut
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Bleader
Mar 12, 2012
The values we believe in
In this SuperPac era, God's endorsement isn't helping Rick Santorum much.
By Steve Bogira
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News
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Rick Santorum
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Kansas caucuses
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Wichita
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Republican primary
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values
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New York City
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Los Angeles
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Sodom and Gomorrah
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global warming
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InTrade
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RedState
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Obamacare
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Facebook
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God's calling
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Karen Santorum
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Mitt Romney
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Rick Perry
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Herman Cain
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Citizens United
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 8, 2012
Hoggamus, higgamus, Mitt's not polygamous
Rumors of Romney's surplus spouses are greatly exaggerated.
By Steve Bogira
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Piety
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Rick Santorum
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Rational Irrationality
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Bleader
Mar 2, 2012
Ideological migration we can believe in
A firm stance on ideological migration
By Steve Bogira
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New York Times
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ideological migration
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Newt Gingrich
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Bleader
Feb 29, 2012
Styling lady parts
One word or two?
By Sam Worley
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New York Times
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New York
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Grub Street
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Chicago Manual of Style
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Bleader
Feb 28, 2012
Talking reefer in the land of Antonin Scalia
Mick and Ben go to the University of Chicago to talk about marijuana
By Ben Joravsky
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Antonin Scalia
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Brad Pitt
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cannabis
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Jeff Bridges
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marijuana
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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Mick Dumke
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reefer
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Rick Santorum
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Ron Paul
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the Big Lebowski
,
True Romance
,
University of Chicago
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Bleader
Feb 24, 2012
Breaking News: Mayor Rahm returns to the Democratic Party!
A guide to understanding the Democratic Party's endorsement mailing
By Ben Joravsky
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Politics
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Clout City
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cannabis
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Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios
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marijuana
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Mitt Romney
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Newt Gingrich
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Patrick Daley Thompson
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Rick Santorum
,
Ron Paul
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Water Reclamation District
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Bleader
Feb 22, 2012
Tips for Santorum for the final debate tonight
The simple things Rick Santorum can do to win tonight's debate
By Steve Bogira
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News
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Clout City
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Republican debates
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Rick Santorum
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Michael D. Shear
,
New York Times
,
The Caucus
,
Mitt Romney
,
Newt Gingrich
,
Ron Paul
,
health care
,
gas prices
,
fake conservative
,
severely conservative
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 21, 2012
Misspeaking with forked tongue
In the Santorum campaign, it's easy to say "Islamic" when you mean "environmental"
By Steve Bogira
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Politics
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News
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Clout City
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Rick Santorum
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Alice Stewart
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MSNBC
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President Obama
,
radical Islamic
,
radical environmental
,
tongue slips
,
Republican primary
,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Newt Gingrich
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super PACs
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Marxists
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socialists
,
communists
,
Muslims
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 20, 2012
Keeping up with the Gingriches
We pay attention to Newt Gingrich so you don't have to
By Sam Worley
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Media
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Politics
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Clout City
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Newt Gingrich
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Republican primary
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Sheldon Adelson
,
pulling it out
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Rick Santorum
,
Mitt Romney
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 16, 2012
My name is Ben Joravsky and I am a lifelong Democrat
A true confession—my Democratic regrets
By Ben Joravsky
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Politics
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Clout City
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Variations on a Theme
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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Rod Blagojevich
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Blago
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Rich Whitney
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Green Party
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Democratic Party
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Republican Party
,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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FDR
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Rick Santorum
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 23, 2012
Caucus and bull story
Romney victory reversed! So?
By Michael Miner
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Media
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Politics
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News Bites
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Clout City
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Iowa caucuses
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Republican Party
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Mitt Romney
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Rick Santorum
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Chicago Tribune
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Chicago Sun-Times
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John McCain
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Matt Strawn
,
Iowa Republican Party
,
Florida primary
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 20, 2012
Grandiose Old Party
Only Newt Gingrich can protect us from Obama's frightening radicalism, Gingrich says
By Steve Bogira
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Politics
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News
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Clout City
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Rick Santorum
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Newt Gingrich
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Republican debate
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South Carolina primary
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grandiosity
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Merriam-Webster
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Mitt Romney
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Ronald Reagan
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ABC
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Nightline
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Marianne Gingrich
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John King
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CNN
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Barack Obama
,
GOP
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Republicans
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elite media
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Jeffrey Schneider
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Washington Post
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Lincoln-Douglas debates
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Saul Alinsky
,
radicalism
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Bleader
Jan 12, 2012
In this week's
Reader
: Pure fiction
What's in the January 12, 2012 issue of the
Reader
By Tal Rosenberg
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Lit & Lectures
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Behind Our Scenes
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Books
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Fiction Issue 2012
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Pure Fiction
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Goldie Goldbloom
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Jerome Ludwig
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Tony Adler
,
Rick Santorum
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Jan 12, 2012
Dan Savage sticks it to Rick Santorum
And the frothy mix has it coming
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Rick Santorum
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lube
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U.S. President
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gay
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same-sex marriage
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homophobia
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polygamy
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Elizabeth Santorum
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sex
,
bigotry
,
anal sex
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 10, 2012
Mitt Romney's Seamus problem
The scatological tale of Seamus, the Romney family dog
By Sam Worley
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Media
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Politics
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Free Shit
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Swag
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Clout City
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Mitt Romney
,
Gail Collins
,
Neil Swidey
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Boston Globe
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Next Gingrich
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Rick Santorum
,
Jim Romenesko
,
Seamus
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 8, 2012
Maybe they were thinking about the 48-hour-long tailgate parties
The presidential candidates' vague idea of what's going on in the world the rest of us live in
By Michael Miner
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Mudville
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Media
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Sports
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News Bites
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News
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BCS championship game
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Diane Sawyer
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George Stephanopoulos
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Newt Gingrich
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Rick Perry
,
Rick Santorum
,
Mitt Romney
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 18, 2011
This is what theocracy looks like
The Republican candidates tackle the key biblical issues in Iowa Saturday.
By Steve Bogira
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Politics
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News
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Clout City
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Republican presidential race
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Republican candidates
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Iowa
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Thanksgiving Family Forum
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gay marriage
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First Federated Church
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Des Moines
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The Family Leader
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Fox News
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Frank Luntz
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God
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Mitt Romney
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Jon Huntsman
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Herman Cain
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Newt Gingrich
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Michele Bachmann
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Rick Perry
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Ron Paul
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Rick Santorum
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economy
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foreign affairs
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monogamy
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God-fearing
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heterosexuals
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homosexuals
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Bob Vander Plaats
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Iowa supreme court
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Candidate Vow
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bigamy
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polygamy
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polyandry
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childbearing
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constitutionalists
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judges
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downsizing government
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biblical principles
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Sharia Islam
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human rights
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totalitarian
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conjugal intimacy
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military
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commingling
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slavery
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African-Americans
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taxes
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Jesus
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traditional marriage
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sanctity of human life
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conception
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Gary Johnson
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New Mexico
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Muslims
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gays in the military
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abortion
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Norman Rockwell
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political polling
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CitizenLink
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Tom Minnery
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sexual harassment
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Aug 18, 2011
What's in a name
Should I call my sister out on Craigslist pics? Also: How do I get my foot fetishist boyfriend off?
By Dan Savage
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Rick Santorum
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foot fetish
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foot job
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cuckhold fantasy
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bastinado
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kinks
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foot fondling
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toe sucking
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slut shaming
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Aug 4, 2011
Had to Get Away
Denounced! Plus: I invited folks to send in their dirty/sexy vacation stories. Here's the best of the bunch.
By Dan Savage
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GOP
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denunciations
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Savage Love
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