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Posted at 10:00 AM ET, 08/01/2012

The real question of the Romney tour

By Alexandra Petri

Gaffes in the best American tradition.

By Alexandra Petri | 10:00 AM ET, 08/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:15 AM ET, 08/01/2012

The shove-it strategy

By Alexandra Petri

It might help, come to think of it.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:15 AM ET, 08/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:20 PM ET, 07/30/2012

The end of algebra

By Alexandra Petri

Schools teach too many things.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:20 PM ET, 07/30/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: algebra

Posted at 01:13 PM ET, 07/30/2012

NBC Olympics — live from 1987

By Alexandra Petri

I don’t know what everyone’s complaining about.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:13 PM ET, 07/30/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: olympics

Posted at 03:15 PM ET, 07/27/2012

Missing 2008 — the enthusiasm gap

By Alexandra Petri

And 2004, for that matter.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:15 PM ET, 07/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:52 PM ET, 07/27/2012

Next stop on the traveling Romney gaffe circus

By Alexandra Petri

Onward and upward!

By Alexandra Petri | 01:52 PM ET, 07/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:30 PM ET, 07/26/2012

You didn’t build what? Grammar vs. the president

By Alexandra Petri

Grammar continues its rampages.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:30 PM ET, 07/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: grammar

Posted at 12:20 PM ET, 07/26/2012

The Gaffe Generator — from “You Didn’t Build That” to “I like being able to fire people”

By Alexandra Petri

How to build a gaffe with no effort at all!

By Alexandra Petri | 12:20 PM ET, 07/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: gaffe

Posted at 05:29 PM ET, 07/25/2012

Chick-fil-A, the Greek Olympian and the sandwich problem

By Alexandra Petri

Don’t stop eating at Chick-fil-A unless you prefer another sandwich.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:29 PM ET, 07/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:15 PM ET, 07/25/2012

Mitt, the Brits, and ‘Anglo-Saxon’ problems

By Alexandra Petri

Politics stops at the water’s edge, but anonymous quotes don’t.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:15 PM ET, 07/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:16 AM ET, 07/25/2012

Some alternatives to Skype

By Alexandra Petri

Is Microsoft listening in?

By Alexandra Petri | 07:16 AM ET, 07/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: skype

Posted at 05:13 PM ET, 07/24/2012

Blessed are the cheese makers

By Alexandra Petri

Ignore the fine print. It might help!

By Alexandra Petri | 05:13 PM ET, 07/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: cheese

Posted at 05:40 PM ET, 07/23/2012

NCAA and Penn State — the wrong kind of time travel

By Alexandra Petri

The NCAA’s limited powers to penalize Penn State.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:40 PM ET, 07/23/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:58 PM ET, 07/23/2012

Westboro Baptist — the church that cries picket

By Alexandra Petri

No super-picket to speak of.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:58 PM ET, 07/23/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:58 PM ET, 07/20/2012

After the tragedy at “Dark Knight Rises,” we need to keep going to the movies

By Alexandra Petri

They remind us what matters.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:58 PM ET, 07/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:38 PM ET, 07/20/2012

Chick-fil-A and the other omnivore’s dilemma

By Alexandra Petri

Waiter, there’s a tract in my soup.

By Alexandra Petri | 02:38 PM ET, 07/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:41 PM ET, 07/19/2012

Tom Vilsack makes it rain

By Alexandra Petri

Rain dance? Really?

By Alexandra Petri | 06:41 PM ET, 07/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:15 PM ET, 07/19/2012

Ann Romney vs. You the People

By Alexandra Petri

Ann Romney opens mouth, inserts foot.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:15 PM ET, 07/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:26 PM ET, 07/19/2012

Mike Daisey, Steve Jobs and unexamined magic

By Alexandra Petri

Mike Daisey is back with another story.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:26 PM ET, 07/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 07/18/2012

Bane/Bain of Romney and Rush Limbaugh’s existence

By Alexandra Petri

Oh, sure, they’d like you to think it’s just a coincidence.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:30 PM ET, 07/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 07/18/2012

Would Americans prefer to sit next to Obama or Romney on a long flight?

By Alexandra Petri

We’d rather sit next to Obama, it seems.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:00 AM ET, 07/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: airplanes

Posted at 07:37 PM ET, 07/17/2012

Generation unscrewed

By Alexandra Petri

We aren’t screwed, no matter what Newsweek says.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:37 PM ET, 07/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:09 PM ET, 07/17/2012

Sarah Palin was the better choice, says McCain

By Alexandra Petri

At least according to John McCain.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:09 PM ET, 07/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: romney, palin

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 07/17/2012

The veepstakes are almost at an end

By Alexandra Petri

And other dubious battles.

By Alexandra Petri | 08:00 AM ET, 07/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:09 PM ET, 07/16/2012

For Obama, the cookie crumbles

By Alexandra Petri

“The mint one”?

By Alexandra Petri | 08:09 PM ET, 07/16/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:10 PM ET, 07/16/2012

Obama doodles

By Alexandra Petri

The history of presidential scrawls.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:10 PM ET, 07/16/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:16 PM ET, 07/13/2012

For Friday the 13th, some updated superstitions

By Alexandra Petri

In honor of Friday the 13th.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:16 PM ET, 07/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:08 PM ET, 07/13/2012

Penn State: Doing the correct thing, not the right thing

By Alexandra Petri

Can you prevent another Penn State?

By Alexandra Petri | 02:08 PM ET, 07/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:41 PM ET, 07/12/2012

Burn Team USA’s Olympic uniforms!

By Alexandra Petri

Harry Reid’s clarion call.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:41 PM ET, 07/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:37 PM ET, 07/12/2012

Mitt at Bain and the end of the résumé

By Alexandra Petri

Do we still need these things?

By Alexandra Petri | 01:37 PM ET, 07/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: resumes

Posted at 07:16 PM ET, 07/11/2012

Alien invasion? 65 years later, what really happened at Roswell?

By Alexandra Petri

There is intelligent life in the universe.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:16 PM ET, 07/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: aliens

Posted at 01:23 PM ET, 07/11/2012

Mitt Romney’s guide to booing, at the NAACP

By Alexandra Petri

That’s certainly one approach.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:23 PM ET, 07/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:49 PM ET, 07/10/2012

Mitt Romney’s Money

By Alexandra Petri

It’s the wrinkled green elephant in the room.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:49 PM ET, 07/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:08 PM ET, 07/10/2012

Happy Birthday, Marcel Proust

By Alexandra Petri

Proust turns 141 today!

By Alexandra Petri | 12:08 PM ET, 07/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:54 PM ET, 07/09/2012

May divorce be with you, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

By Alexandra Petri

More goldfish, please.

By Alexandra Petri | 06:54 PM ET, 07/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:30 PM ET, 07/09/2012

The real secret to happiness — bother people

By Alexandra Petri

Conservative, liberal or otherwise — bother people.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:30 PM ET, 07/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: happiness

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