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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, Week 10 Power Rankings
“Realistically, I think Brooklyn is a strong team. Do I want to test that theory? Hell no.” —Devyn “People in the house may think it’s me protecting Jonna. And, actually, that’s what it is.” —Zach...
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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, Week 11 Power Rankings
“Everyone’s puking. I’ve never seen so many people go to the medic in my life.” —Zach “I have the endurance of a young, virgin colt.” —Chet As is the custom for the penultimate episode of the...
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Scattered Thoughts On Gun Control
Like everyone, I’m sad and angry about Friday’s tragedy. But I keep hearing that now is the time to discuss gun control. So, fine, let’s discuss… —It’s unfortunate that so many people now dismiss the...
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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, The Grand Finale
“Having Sam as part of a team is like having 140 pounds of fat stuck to your side. It’s a tumor. It sucks.” —Frank “I would hate to hand over $250,000 to a bunch of bullies.” —Sarah Well, our...
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‘Twas 2012: Top Ten Television Episodes of the Year
Here are the best episodes of 2012. Obviously this contains spoilers: 10) “Argentina” — Dexter One of the nicest surprises on television this year was Dexter’s renaissance in quality. After some...
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‘Twas 2012: The Year of Police State Movies
For Love of Country? It’s rare that I watch enough movies in a given year to identify a “trend” but this year one stood out. Two of main frontrunners for Best Picture this year—Argo and Zero Dark...
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‘Twas 2012: Top Ten Movies of the Year
Did Lincoln make the list? Although I already tried to identify the year’s “trend” in movies, I didn’t do a Top 10 list, and obviously no summation of the year is complete without a Top 10 list....
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Ranking Bob Dylan Songs, #44: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Hey, remember the Bob Dylan Rankings? I haven’t done one in over a year and a half, but now it’s back (at least, for today). I’m abandoning my old self-imposed chronology, and I’m going back to writing...
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The Onion and Apologies
Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but The Onion is kind of a cunt, right? For anyone who’s missed the controversy surrounding the satirical publication, it began over an Oscar-related tweet that...
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Mere Anachrony: When The President Talks To God
With the ten year anniversary of the Iraq War coming up this month, I’ve been thinking some about the war’s legacy and specifically asking one question: Given the sizable opposition to the war, why...
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Spring Breakers: Not Girls, Not Yet Women
“A certain degree of debauchery was even seen as manly, rakish, the bold grasping of forbidden pleasure… In school, in short, they had still no knowledge of life, no sense of all the gradations from...
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A Response to Patton Oswalt
Of the many heartfelt reactions to Monday’s tragedy in Boston, one written by comedian Patton Oswalt seemed to really resonate. You’ve probably already seen it: It was shared on Facebook over 200,000...
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The Democracy Project: An Occupy Manifesto
An OWS Manifesto “Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and...
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Against Student Loans
Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the few American politicians willing to challenge the current financial system, has introduced her first bill in the US Senate. With student loan rates set to double...
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A Problem with Series Finales
In case you somehow missed it, The Office aired its series finale last week. Now, I’m on the record with my problems with that show, and fans seemed to like the finale a lot, so I won’t rain on their...
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Mere Anachrony: The Sopranos Season One (RIP James Gandolfini)
In honor of James Gandolfini, who passed away at the age of 51, NPI is reposting its look back at the first season the show that made Gandolfini an icon. It’s been over two years, now, since The...
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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Rivals II, Week 1 Power Rankings
“I hate Emily, but why would you not want Emily as your partner?” —Paula “…You guys have had some serious beef on Twitter.” —TJ Look, I was on the fence about even doing another season of these power...
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Aaron Sorkin’s Liberalism
The Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin’s fourth television series, debuts its second season tonight on HBO. And while the first season was something of a disappointment, Sorkin is still one of the most acclaimed...
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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Rivals II, Week 2 Power Rankings
“It’s C.T. and Diem. That’s like saying Romeo never loved Juliet.” —Theresa “Cara Maria tweeted at me once and it wasn’t very nice.” —Cooke Let’s talk about C.T. Last week I said C.T. was the...
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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Rivals II, Week 3 Power Rankings
“I feel like we’re watching a very twisted version of The Golden Girls.” —Zach “She’s obviously a quitter. I hate quitters. So now Trishelle is on my list of people I’m not feeling.” —TJ Poor...
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