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ComPost: August, 2012

Posted at 02:17 PM ET, 08/17/2012

Paul Ryan, raged against by RATM
By Alexandra Petri
First Rand, now this!

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:17 PM ET, 08/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:56 AM ET, 08/17/2012

Why the Internet hates the Rich Kids of Instagram and the Brant Brothers
By Alexandra Petri
America is down on the Exceptionally Rich.

By Alexandra Petri  |  10:56 AM ET, 08/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:21 PM ET, 08/16/2012

2012 campaign is so nice, it’s almost un-American
By Alexandra Petri
It’s almost un-American.

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:21 PM ET, 08/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:20 PM ET, 08/15/2012

On sex, Cosmopolitan, strange uses for ice cubes and Helen Gurley Brown
By Alexandra Petri
America’s sex magazine, thanks to Helen Gurley Brown.

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:20 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:55 PM ET, 08/15/2012

Awkward times for hate as an anti-Semitic politician discovers his roots
By Alexandra Petri
Uncomfortable discovery for anti-Semitic party’s rising star.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:55 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:41 PM ET, 08/15/2012

Joe Biden’s chains and the Palin comparison
By Alexandra Petri
She’d know.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:41 PM ET, 08/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:31 PM ET, 08/14/2012

Onion Joe Biden, wild and unchained
By Alexandra Petri
He’s wild and unchained.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:31 PM ET, 08/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:10 PM ET, 08/14/2012

Merriam-Webster drops the ‘F-bomb’
By Alexandra Petri
New words and gated communities.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:10 PM ET, 08/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:38 PM ET, 08/14/2012

The AP Style Guide to Election Cliches
By Alexandra Petri
Say this, not that.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:38 PM ET, 08/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:05 PM ET, 08/13/2012

The trouble with the debate moderators
By Alexandra Petri
Their age.

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:05 PM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:19 PM ET, 08/13/2012

The seven things you need to know about Paul Ryan
By Alexandra Petri
From P90x to Ayn Rand.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:19 PM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 08/13/2012

Green alien of variable gender indoctrinating preschoolers
By Alexandra Petri
Be afraid.

By Alexandra Petri  |  08:00 AM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:13 PM ET, 08/10/2012

Mitt Romney’s veepstakes — the Venn diagram
By Alexandra Petri
For what it’s worth.

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:13 PM ET, 08/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:24 PM ET, 08/09/2012

The last of the undecided voters: A PSA
By Alexandra Petri
A PSA.

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:24 PM ET, 08/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  undecideds

Posted at 06:49 PM ET, 08/09/2012

The Obama campaign’s bad ad memory problems
By Alexandra Petri
Oops.

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:49 PM ET, 08/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:43 PM ET, 08/09/2012

What we talk about when we talk about Lolo Jones
By Alexandra Petri
Everything but.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:43 PM ET, 08/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:43 PM ET, 08/08/2012

The hottest month ever?
By Alexandra Petri
Surely there’s a reasonable explanation.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:43 PM ET, 08/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:11 PM ET, 08/08/2012

The Facebook psychosis
By Alexandra Petri
Are skeptical employers right?

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:11 PM ET, 08/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:32 PM ET, 08/07/2012

Some questions about Newsweek’s sexy asparagus
By Alexandra Petri
Mm, metabolites.

By Alexandra Petri  |  09:32 PM ET, 08/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  asparagus

Posted at 04:03 PM ET, 08/07/2012

Mitt Romney’s real secret is bigger than Harry Reid guessed
By Alexandra Petri
The real reason Romney won’t release his tax returns.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:03 PM ET, 08/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:19 PM ET, 08/06/2012

Those awkward Romney endorsers
By Alexandra Petri
There’s no situation so bad an endorsement can’t make it worse.

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:19 PM ET, 08/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Romney

Posted at 05:50 PM ET, 08/06/2012

Live chat at 11 A.M. E.T.!
By Alexandra Petri
Come one, come all!

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:50 PM ET, 08/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:36 PM ET, 08/06/2012

The Hitler rule
By Alexandra Petri
Have we learned nothing?

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:36 PM ET, 08/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hitler

Posted at 01:16 PM ET, 08/06/2012

NASA’s Mars rover: Curiosity sticks the landing
By Alexandra Petri
Space!

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:16 PM ET, 08/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:26 PM ET, 08/03/2012

Immortality by 2045? I’ll pass.
By Alexandra Petri
Eternal life is not what it’s cracked up to be.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:26 PM ET, 08/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:35 AM ET, 08/02/2012

Goldman Sachs’s pied-piper failure
By Alexandra Petri
Follow us, or we’ll shoot this dog!

By Alexandra Petri  |  11:35 AM ET, 08/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:50 PM ET, 08/01/2012

The tale of the rogue algorithm
By Alexandra Petri
What really happened on Wall Street?

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:50 PM ET, 08/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:47 PM ET, 08/01/2012

The negative advertising Olympics
By Alexandra Petri
Is it worth it?

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:47 PM ET, 08/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

 

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