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Posted at 11:57 AM ET, 01/25/2012

Google’s no-opt-out privacy changes and the end of the anonymous Internet
By Alexandra Petri
Welcome to the end of the anonymous Internet.

By Alexandra Petri  |  11:57 AM ET, 01/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, oy

Posted at 03:27 PM ET, 01/23/2012

Rand Paul is right about the TSA
By Alexandra Petri
No lightbulbs, no pat-downs!

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:27 PM ET, 01/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  TSA, Rand Paul, oy

Posted at 04:48 PM ET, 01/18/2012

Paula Deen and our unhealthy fixation
By Alexandra Petri
Our food fixation.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:48 PM ET, 01/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  food, oy

Posted at 01:38 PM ET, 01/13/2012

Google’s new search ruins everything
By Alexandra Petri
Stop the personal search, I want to get off.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:38 PM ET, 01/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, oy, why

Posted at 12:40 PM ET, 01/13/2012

Run, Stephen Colbert, run!
By Alexandra Petri
Colbert’s not the joke. Campaign finance is.

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:40 PM ET, 01/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Stephen Colbert, jokes, oy

Posted at 12:55 PM ET, 01/08/2012

The contraception debate — or 6 Republican candidates give us ‘The Talk’
By Alexandra Petri
One word: yeeegh.

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:55 PM ET, 01/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 01/07/2012

Ron Paul supporters and that awful Huntsman attack ad
By Alexandra Petri
Stop doing this, whoever you are.

By Alexandra Petri  |  09:00 AM ET, 01/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Ron Paul, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 08:30 AM ET, 01/06/2012

Next, Kanye West will fix the economy
By Alexandra Petri
In other news. . .

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:30 AM ET, 01/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Kanye West, Economy, oy

Posted at 04:04 PM ET, 01/05/2012

Goodbye, Barnes and Noble
By Alexandra Petri
Nook, but no niche.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:04 PM ET, 01/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  books, oy

Posted at 06:18 PM ET, 12/21/2011

Don’t worry, Sarah Palin, I fixed the Obama Christmas card
By Alexandra Petri
Don’t worry, Sarah Palin.

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:18 PM ET, 12/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Christmas, Barack Obama, oy

Posted at 01:07 PM ET, 12/21/2011

Obama is up there with Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Johnson, says Obama
By Alexandra Petri
At least according to Barack Obama.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:07 PM ET, 12/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, oy

Posted at 01:18 PM ET, 12/12/2011

Rick Perry flubs the Supreme Court justices
By Alexandra Petri
That Not Montemayor is quite an activist judge.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:18 PM ET, 12/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, oy, 9

Posted at 03:03 PM ET, 12/08/2011

Mitt Romney in Iowa — the Coriolanus problem
By Alexandra Petri
Truckling in the marketplace.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:03 PM ET, 12/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, Coriolanus, Mitt Romney, oy

Posted at 08:14 PM ET, 12/07/2011

Rick Perry’s ‘Strong’ ad -- Obama hates Christmas
By Alexandra Petri
The whole Christmas season.

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:14 PM ET, 12/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, Rick Perry, oy

Posted at 05:13 PM ET, 12/07/2011

Occupy DC is all wet on K Street
By Alexandra Petri
Get off K Street

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:13 PM ET, 12/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Occupy DC, Occupy Wall Street, oy

Posted at 05:02 PM ET, 12/05/2011

Liberal, communist Muppet brainwashing needs to stop
By Alexandra Petri
Puppets of the liberal media.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:02 PM ET, 12/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Muppets, Fox News, oy

Posted at 04:19 PM ET, 12/02/2011

Donald Trump moderates the Newsmax GOP debate we deserve
By Alexandra Petri
I’m with Stupid logic

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:19 PM ET, 12/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Donald Trump, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 05:31 PM ET, 12/01/2011

Michele Bachmann gets things straight on gay marriage
By Alexandra Petri
Gay marriage has been possible all along

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:31 PM ET, 12/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Michele Bachmann, oy, GOP 2012

Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 11/22/2011

Mitt Romney ad’s quote problem
By Alexandra Petri
Get Rick Perry’s ad guy in here

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:00 PM ET, 11/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Election 2012, Mitt Romney, oy

Posted at 07:01 PM ET, 11/18/2011

Why on earth would Newt Gingrich want to be president?
By Alexandra Petri
That’d be a downgrade

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:01 PM ET, 11/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Newt Gingrich, oy

Posted at 03:13 PM ET, 11/17/2011

PETA protects fictional creatures
By Alexandra Petri
It‘s now in the business of protecting fictional animals.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:13 PM ET, 11/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  PETA, oy

Posted at 06:37 PM ET, 11/16/2011

Stop SOPA
By Alexandra Petri
Either way, it needs to stop.

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:37 PM ET, 11/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Internet, oy

Posted at 01:53 PM ET, 11/16/2011

Move over, ketchup! Pizza is a vegetable.
By Alexandra Petri
Pizza is much with us lately.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:53 PM ET, 11/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Pizza, Congress, oy

Posted at 02:54 PM ET, 11/15/2011

Sandusky’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad interview with Bob Costas
By Alexandra Petri
Please, get this man out of the public eye

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:54 PM ET, 11/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Penn State, oy

Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 11/09/2011

Christmas tree tax? Bah, humbug!
By Alexandra Petri
At least it’s not a holiday tree tax.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:00 PM ET, 11/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Christmas, oy

Posted at 04:16 PM ET, 11/07/2011

The most important part of Sharon Bialek’s story
By Alexandra Petri
Herman Cain upgrades

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:16 PM ET, 11/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, oy, herman cain

Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 11/07/2011

Proposed Mississippi ‘personhood’ amendment doesn’t go far enough
By Alexandra Petri
About that Mississippi amendment

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:36 PM ET, 11/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mississippi, laws, science, oy

Posted at 03:48 PM ET, 11/02/2011

In God We Trust. In Congress, not so much
By Alexandra Petri
It’s a better national motto than “Hey, we have no idea how to fix the economy either!”

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:48 PM ET, 11/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Congress, oy

Posted at 01:25 PM ET, 11/02/2011

Herman Cain’s faulty memory
By Alexandra Petri
At least he’s happy!

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:25 PM ET, 11/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Herman Cain, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 01:20 PM ET, 10/26/2011

Why congressional approval has hit single digits
By Alexandra Petri
Single-digit approval rating

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:20 PM ET, 10/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Congress, oy

Posted at 06:22 PM ET, 10/18/2011

Whose GOP debate is it anyway? Las Vegas edition
By Alexandra Petri
Hey, it’s Anderson Cooper!

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:22 PM ET, 10/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, oy, debates

Posted at 04:45 PM ET, 10/12/2011

Dear BlackBerry, about that outage . . .
By Alexandra Petri
This is embarrassing for everyone.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:45 PM ET, 10/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  technology, oy, blackberry

Posted at 04:17 PM ET, 10/10/2011

How not to occupy the street — Patrick Howley versus story-truth
By Alexandra Petri
Here’s what should be happening

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:17 PM ET, 10/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Occupy Wall Street, kids these days, oy

Posted at 06:17 PM ET, 10/07/2011

Lawrence O’ Donnell and Herman Cain — missed opportunities
By Alexandra Petri
Where do you go from here?

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:17 PM ET, 10/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, Herman Cain, oy

Posted at 03:43 PM ET, 10/06/2011

Steve Jobs, Westboro Baptist, iPhones and iRony
By Alexandra Petri
If it be a sin to covet Apple, I am the most offending soul alive.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:43 PM ET, 10/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Steve Jobs, Apple, oy

Posted at 02:35 PM ET, 10/04/2011

Chris Christie not running! And other not-breaking news
By Alexandra Petri
This is news now?

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:35 PM ET, 10/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Christie, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 08:54 PM ET, 10/03/2011

Chris Christie’s weight, the elephant in the room
By Alexandra Petri
Perhaps we’ll get a presidential candidate who looks like us

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:54 PM ET, 10/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Chris Christie, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 02:02 PM ET, 10/03/2011

Rick Perry’s ranch dressing down
By Alexandra Petri
What’s in a name?

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:02 PM ET, 10/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 06:39 PM ET, 09/27/2011

Washington Monument breaks — and other metaphors
By Alexandra Petri
Seems a bit heavy-handed to me

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:39 PM ET, 09/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Washington Monument, oy, DC

Posted at 07:50 PM ET, 09/22/2011

New Facebook — beyond Like and the new Timeline, the end of alone
By Alexandra Petri
Orwell knew the screen stared back.

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:50 PM ET, 09/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Facebook, kids these days, oy

Posted at 12:34 PM ET, 09/19/2011

What the Netflix, er, Qwikster CEO apology letter should have said
By Alexandra Petri
Stop renting DVDs by mail.

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:34 PM ET, 09/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Netflix, Qwikster, oy

Posted at 07:11 PM ET, 09/16/2011

From Star Wars to the Lion King to the Constitution, stop messing with a good thing
By Alexandra Petri
Star Wars, the Lion King (3D), the Constitution.

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:11 PM ET, 09/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  kids these days, oy

Posted at 02:03 PM ET, 09/16/2011

God only knows! Rick Perry the divine vessel.
By Alexandra Petri
At least that’s Rick Perry’s line.

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:03 PM ET, 09/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 02:40 PM ET, 09/15/2011

Michaele Salahi, kidnapped? A Q&A.
By Alexandra Petri
This is the sound of hitting rock bottom.

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:40 PM ET, 09/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Q&A, Salahis, oy

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 09/15/2011

Seriously, Attack Watch?
By Alexandra Petri
Who attack watches the attack watchmen?

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:00 PM ET, 09/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, 2012, oy

Posted at 03:37 PM ET, 09/12/2011

Before the Florida Tea Party debate, a GOP 2012 hair preview
By Alexandra Petri
Er, make that “A Florida Debate Preview.”

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:37 PM ET, 09/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, oy, frivolous, GOP hair

Posted at 05:40 PM ET, 08/24/2011

CrazyKhazei, fake Paul Krugman, and stupid Net tricks
By Alexandra Petri
“I will post it online and no one will find out!” and other famous last words

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:40 PM ET, 08/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Twitter, the Internet, Scott Brown, oy

Posted at 03:02 PM ET, 08/19/2011

The end of nice — from Kathy Griffin to Rick Perry, the means have it
By Alexandra Petri
From Kathy Griffin to Rick Perry, the means are taking over.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:02 PM ET, 08/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  kids these days, GOP 2012, oy

Posted at 02:24 PM ET, 08/18/2011

Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry — the wishful ad, ad hominem
By Alexandra Petri
Wishful ad hominem thinking.

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:24 PM ET, 08/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, facts, oy

Posted at 01:12 PM ET, 08/17/2011

Can you still ban a book? Ray Bradbury vs. Republic, Missouri
By Alexandra Petri
Republic, Missouri, tried. Ray Bradbury succeeded.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:12 PM ET, 08/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  books, kids these days, oy

Posted at 03:20 PM ET, 08/09/2011

The Rick Perry announcement and the efficacy of prayer rallies
By Alexandra Petri
Divine endorsement hardly hurts, these days.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:20 PM ET, 08/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, God, oy

Posted at 04:21 PM ET, 08/08/2011

President Obama’s first fireside chat — unexceptional exceptionalism
By Alexandra Petri
Desperation, exceptionalism and Warren Buffett.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:21 PM ET, 08/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Obama, economy, oy

Posted at 12:50 PM ET, 08/04/2011

Rick Perry’s gay cake problem
By Alexandra Petri
Try translating “states’ rights”

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:50 PM ET, 08/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, Texas, oy

Posted at 05:26 PM ET, 08/03/2011

Sorry, Peter Parker. The response to the black Spiderman shows why we need one
By Alexandra Petri
The reaction shows we still have a ways to go.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:26 PM ET, 08/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Spiderman, comics, oy

Posted at 02:46 PM ET, 07/26/2011

David Wu resigns — never trust a man in a tiger suit
By Alexandra Petri
Why was David Wu still in office?

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:46 PM ET, 07/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  David Wu, tigers, oy

Posted at 01:09 PM ET, 07/25/2011

Amy Winehouse and our celebrity death obsession
By Alexandra Petri
The last acts of public lives

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:09 PM ET, 07/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Amy Winehouse, celebrity, oy, too soon

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 07/20/2011

The Borders are closing. We’re stuck here.
By Alexandra Petri
We’re stuck here — in a world without books.

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:00 AM ET, 07/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Borders, books, oy

Posted at 06:12 PM ET, 04/20/2011

Facebook’s ‘too much, maybe, free speech’ problem
By Alexandra Petri
Isn’t that what the site’s based on?

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:12 PM ET, 04/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Facebook, oy

Posted at 08:35 PM ET, 04/08/2011

Donald Trump for president can fool 21% of the people all of the time
By Alexandra Petri
There are two ways to say ‘I don’t vote’

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:35 PM ET, 04/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  2012, GOP, oy

Posted at 05:22 PM ET, 04/05/2011

Sex, worrying, happiness, and studies — only one of them will kill you
By Alexandra Petri
One of them will kill you.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:22 PM ET, 04/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  studies, oy

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 04/05/2011

Thanks, Epsilon! An open letter to whoever has my data
By Alexandra Petri
One man’s e-mail breach is another’s new friend

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:30 PM ET, 04/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  technology, oy

Posted at 11:00 PM ET, 03/25/2011

Scott Adams and men’s rights: equal pay
By Alexandra Petri
Hear me out on this one.

By Alexandra Petri  |  11:00 PM ET, 03/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  oy, ladies, the Internet