http://newspoliticseditor.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:31:13 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://newspoliticseditor.vox.com/library/post/news-politics-60.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(News & Politics Editor) http://newspoliticseditor.vox.com/library/post/news-politics-60.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://newspoliticseditor.vox.com/library/post/news-politics-60.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:31:13 -0800 <p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>No Armchair Psychiatry, Please</strong></span><br /><strong>Dr. Linda Mintle</strong> makes a quick point on the Texas shootout, and <a href="http://drlindamintle.vox.com/library/post/please-dont-use-ptsd-as-a-reason-for-shooting-13-people.html">urges the media to avoid excuses</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Rampant Overdevelopment: Is It Necessary?</strong></span><br />Wetlands in Redwood City, California are in jeopardy of becoming home to more cookie-cutter housing and office park development. <strong>DoctorD</strong> <a href="http://drb2008.vox.com/library/post/over-development.html">has his say</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Lessons Across the Aisle</strong></span><br /><strong>randomrambling</strong> reminisces on her early experiences on the Hill, and on <a href="http://randomrambling.vox.com/library/post/dont-be-hatin.html">what it means to not see eye to eye</a>.</p><p><br /><strong>Suggestions</strong>? 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More room for hot dogs! via Nick Orichula.</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Whose Money is it Anyway?</strong></span><br /><strong>John Gilmore</strong> muses on the continued attempts to <a href="http://endtimediscussions.vox.com/library/post/congress-weighs-scope-of-feds-authority.html">give the Fed more authority</a> over our dwindling financial system.</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Popular American Opinions</strong></span><br /><strong>Snowy</strong> compares the views of many Americans with their economic privelege...and <a href="http://snowy938.vox.com/library/post/friday-night-philosophy-61.html">finds some interesting overlap</a>.</p><p><br /><strong>Suggestions</strong>? 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Who has the truth? <strong>jebuff</strong> <a href="http://jebuff.vox.com/library/post/war-on-fox.html">takes the gloves off</a> and calls out FOX as the opponents they seem to wish to be.</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Journalistic Sylizzle</strong></span><br />Unsure how to format your yellow journalism? <strong>Amy H</strong> tracked down this <a href="http://singlegirlwithcat.vox.com/library/post/fakeapstylebook.html">Fake Associated Press Stylebook</a> for your editing pleasure.</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Two Years Without Riverbend</strong></span><br /><strong>Snowy</strong> calls attention to the absence of <a href="http://snowy938.vox.com/library/post/remembering-riverbend-4.html">Riverbend</a>, an Iraqui woman whose daring blog opened a window to another world. </p><p><br />Suggestions? 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Maybe your luck is better than you knew, suggests <strong>Katherine</strong>.</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Go Ahead and Sue</strong></span><br />Don&#39;t like what someone&#39;s saying about you on the interwebs? <strong>DelusionalAngel</strong> reminds you you can always go all Courtney Love or Jack Thompson or whatever and <a href="http://delusionalangel.vox.com/library/post/jack-thomson-has-finally-lost-his-mind.html">sue the pants off &#39;em</a>!</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>It Could Always Be Worse</strong></span><br />News from Egypt, where it&#39;s okay to be in a prostitution ring...<a href="http://chitowntravis.vox.com/library/post/egyptian-newspaper-banned-for-calling-actors-homosexuals.html">so long as you&#39;re not gay</a>. Via <strong>ChiTown Travis</strong>.</p><p><br /><strong>Suggestions</strong>? 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Should we be more suspicious?</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Putting it in Perspective</strong></span><br /><strong>Jack Yan</strong> comments on the recent <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/in-samoan-terms-that-was-60-plus-wtc-attacks.html">tsunami in Samoa</a>, and the scale of destruction.</p><p><br />Suggestions? 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It&#39;s a reality check.</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>You Know You Watch Too Much C-SPAN When...</strong></span><br /><strong>randomrambling</strong> is outed as a true politics nerd...but at least <a href="http://randomrambling.vox.com/library/post/confessions-from-a-true-nerd.html">a well-informed politics nerd</a>!</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Hey Mr. Carter</strong></span><br />Should <a href="http://thecoldhardfacts.vox.com/library/post/welcome-back-carter.html">Jimmy Carter</a> be weighing in on the Joe Wilson story? <strong>The Cold Hard Facts</strong> suggests otherwise...</p><p><br /><strong>Suggestions</strong>? 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Via <strong>WannabeTesla</strong>.</p><p>Suggestions? 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