Tom Toles: February 27, 2011 - March 5, 2011
Don't look now
*** Friday rant: Far and away edition “Throw away” is a fascinating expression. I love that word “away.” Where is “away”? It’s over there. Somewhere. Away. Not here. The gentle arc of the apple core gliding into the shrubbery....
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Tom Toles
| March 4, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Chesapeake, Environment
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Side effects
*** Under covers Reporters like to think of themselves...let me correct that...reporters like OTHERS to think that they are working tirelessly through the night to dig out the hidden facts that the American people need to know to govern...
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| March 3, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Federal government
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Bad faith healing
*** Help me out, here So explain to me again what the point of all those SUVs was. Why drive all that weight around to get to the same place any vehicle would have got you to? Why burn...
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Tom Toles
| March 2, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Federal government, Health care, Obama White House
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Long acceptance speech
*** All that glitters I'm not a big TV watcher, so I missed the Oscar show, again. I'm sure it was fascinating, as always! I do see the photos the following day, and did you ever notice how the...
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| March 1, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Foreign Policy, Middle East
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Air sick
*** Labor pain It's starting to look like labor unions share a trait with Democracy. Each is the worst possible form except for all the alternatives. The litany of complaints and charges against unions is long and well-known. I...
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| February 28, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Federal government
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Icing on the cake
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| February 27, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Same-sex marriage
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