ComPost Archive: Seems Suspect
I blame the SuperMoon
(NASA via AP) Yes! The SuperMoon was absolutely responsible for the disaster that just took place in Japan. What's a SuperMoon? It's the closest the Moon has been to Earth in 18 years, a point in the orbit otherwise called...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 11, 2011; 6:30 PM ET |
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Scholarships for white men? I knew I was feeling oppressed!
I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. It wasn't outright discrimination -- just little things that started to pile up. Yesterday, I got almost 18 taxis that I didn't want. As I was walking down the street minding...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 7, 2011; 3:07 PM ET |
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America, rally
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Spider nests in Mazdas?
There are spiders in our cars? Seriously, Mazda is recalling 65,000 cars because an issue with nests of yellow spiders. Really, Mazda? I don't know how much safety you can expect from a car company whose slogan makes it sound...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 4, 2011; 7:39 PM ET |
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I want pockets, and I want them now
Spring is coming. And I am wearing a full-length wool coat. Wearing heavy, full-length coats in warm weather generally sends a message: "I am a Kennedy wife" or "It is a non-negligible possibility that I am about to open fire...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 25, 2011; 6:47 PM ET |
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Hey, 20-something men, get off the couch!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man, in possession of a good fortune, is probably not in the workforce -- or on the market. In all probability, he is sitting on a couch playing Mario Kart. A...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 22, 2011; 2:58 PM ET |
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kids these days, men, millennials, women
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South Dakota: Abortion isn't illegal, but if you do it, we can kill you
A bill just passed out of committee in the South Dakota House of Representatives states: Homicide is justifiable if committed by any person in the lawful defense of such person, or of his or her husband, wife, parent, child, master,...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 15, 2011; 4:36 PM ET |
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South Dakota, abortion, what?
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