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In about two weeks, President Barack Obama will toss out his first opening pitch since moving into the White House (as a Senator he once threw the opening pitch at a White Sox game). The pitch will kick off the MLB All-Star Game, which is happening in St. Louis this year. To get us psyched, [...]

How poetic, isn’t it, that the U.S.’s first African-American president should be sworn in before one of D.C.’s largest crowds ever the day after we celebrate another African-American who participated in an iconic national mall event? Yes, today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we were told is “not a day off, but a [...]

Long before we attempted to read an entire article in Harper’s Magazine (something we still seldom attempt) we were fond devotees of Harper’s Index. The informative, funny, clinical to the point of almost being sarcastic compilations of facts and stats always give us something to throw out during our next social engagement.
Their latest index, a [...]

The devout defenders of democracy (often by way of satire) over at Wonkette entered the fray of blogs posting Bush retrospectives last night with their rebuttal to a non-satirical Weekly Standard piece entitled “Bush’s Achievements: Ten things the president got right.”
Wonkette and The Weekly Standard highlight the same ten Bush policy points, but for obvious [...]

Last month Ben Cohen over at The Daily Banter provided this useful guide for seeing through neo-conservatives’ social camouflage. It came in very handy during holiday parties and the like, and will undoubtedly remain vital for socio-political chit-chat in the year ahead. Check out the top 3 below, then click through to read all 10 [...]

With our media cycles accelerating to the point of time travel, some great 2009 lists caught our eye before the year even began. More risky than lists that summarize past events, we especially like prediction lists for offering a thrilling vision of what the future might look like. To get an idea of what the [...]

We, like you dear reader, are overwhelmed with year-end lists at this, the very end of 2008. While we at Listicles strive to keep on top of the Interweb’s swirling, churning, micro-climactic list systems, we habitually miss a few, hence the perfect storm that hits our shores in the middle of every work week: Weekly [...]