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Posted at 11:30 AM ET, 12/31/2012

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian having a baby, so the 'fiscal cliff' can wait

By Alexandra Petri

This is not real news, but you're the one who clicked on it.

By Alexandra Petri | 11:30 AM ET, 12/31/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: celebrities

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 12/28/2012

Best of 2012: 10 Things I Will Miss

By Alexandra Petri

Ten things I will miss.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:00 PM ET, 12/28/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:52 AM ET, 12/28/2012

Starbucks solves everything, including the 'fiscal cliff' crisis

By Alexandra Petri

Starbucks can fix most things, but this might be stretching it.

By Alexandra Petri | 11:52 AM ET, 12/28/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: coffee

Posted at 11:43 AM ET, 12/27/2012

Worst of 2012: 12 things I won't miss

By Alexandra Petri

A year-end list.

By Alexandra Petri | 11:43 AM ET, 12/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: fifty shades of grey, lists, year-end

Posted at 09:25 AM ET, 12/26/2012

Post-Christmas Thank-You Letters, and other impossibilities

By Alexandra Petri

They are harder to write than they look -- and they look hard.

By Alexandra Petri | 09:25 AM ET, 12/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: holidays

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 12/25/2012

Merry Christmas! and how not to travel with your dog

By Alexandra Petri

Have a wonderful holiday.

By Alexandra Petri | 06:00 AM ET, 12/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:20 PM ET, 12/24/2012

Apocalypse Later: So when will the world end now?

By Alexandra Petri

Other occasions the world might end.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:20 PM ET, 12/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: apocalypse

Posted at 09:25 AM ET, 12/24/2012

Last-minute Christmas gifts -- a shopping guide

By Alexandra Petri

You're welcome, I think.

By Alexandra Petri | 09:25 AM ET, 12/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:55 PM ET, 12/21/2012

NRA speech visits past, takes swipe at Mortal Kombat?

By Alexandra Petri

This is what you hear if guns are left out of the equation.

By Alexandra Petri | 02:55 PM ET, 12/21/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: gun control, guns, NRA, video games

Posted at 08:39 AM ET, 12/21/2012

Dear True Love -- thank-you notes from the Twelve Days of Christmas

By Alexandra Petri

A look inside The Twelve Days of Christmas, through thank-you notes.

By Alexandra Petri | 08:39 AM ET, 12/21/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: christmas

Posted at 03:09 PM ET, 12/20/2012

The trouble with the Fiscal Cliff

By Alexandra Petri

It exists, in theory.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:09 PM ET, 12/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: fiscal cliff

Posted at 09:46 AM ET, 12/20/2012

8 Signs the Mayan Apocalypse might still be coming

By Alexandra Petri

Anything that happens can be taken as a sign that the world is about to end.

By Alexandra Petri | 09:46 AM ET, 12/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:49 AM ET, 12/20/2012

Office Christmas parties, and other misfortunes

By Alexandra Petri

At least there's egg nog.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:49 AM ET, 12/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: awkward, christmas

Posted at 04:03 PM ET, 12/19/2012

Update: Instagram is very, very sorry

By Alexandra Petri

But they might upset us again.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:03 PM ET, 12/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: instagram

Posted at 03:08 PM ET, 12/19/2012

Secession, Death Star, 'cat girls'? Enough with the White House petitions

By Alexandra Petri

These White House petitions are getting out of hand.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:08 PM ET, 12/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: petitions

Posted at 10:37 AM ET, 12/19/2012

TIME Magazine picks President Obama as Person of the Year, but more pressingly, eagle picks Canadian baby out of sky

By Alexandra Petri

Which was the bolder choice? I leave it to you.

By Alexandra Petri | 10:37 AM ET, 12/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Barack Obama, eagles

Posted at 06:35 PM ET, 12/18/2012

Waffles of the world, rejoice -- Canadian maple syrup thieves caught

By Alexandra Petri

This raises more questions than it answers, though.

By Alexandra Petri | 06:35 PM ET, 12/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: good news, junk food, maple syrup

Posted at 02:12 PM ET, 12/18/2012

Et tu, Instagram? Site claims right to sell photos

By Alexandra Petri

First off, what will you be able to sell with mine?

By Alexandra Petri | 02:12 PM ET, 12/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Facebook

Posted at 10:47 AM ET, 12/18/2012

After 'I am Adam Lanza's mother'

By Alexandra Petri

Don't let Liza Long distract from the conversation.

By Alexandra Petri | 10:47 AM ET, 12/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: mental illness

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 12/17/2012

How is a Bushmaster like a Ferrari?

By Alexandra Petri

Well, I'm glad you asked.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:46 PM ET, 12/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: bad analogy

Posted at 09:43 AM ET, 12/17/2012

The strange blessing of Westboro Baptist Church

By Alexandra Petri

Something good comes out of all this hate.

By Alexandra Petri | 09:43 AM ET, 12/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: free speech, Newtown, Westboro Baptist Church

Posted at 03:56 PM ET, 12/14/2012

There are no words for what happened in Newtown

By Alexandra Petri

I hate that we know how this goes.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:56 PM ET, 12/14/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: gun control, guns, Newtown

Posted at 10:15 AM ET, 12/14/2012

The paper towel-hand dryer wars are over

By Alexandra Petri

One small step for man.

By Alexandra Petri | 10:15 AM ET, 12/14/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: hand dryers

Posted at 06:53 PM ET, 12/13/2012

From Rice, a crisp retreat -- translated

By Alexandra Petri

Here's the much less diplomatic version.

By Alexandra Petri | 06:53 PM ET, 12/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Susan Rice

Posted at 01:45 PM ET, 12/13/2012

White House must respond to Death Star petition

By Alexandra Petri

The Death Star will be completed on schedule. Many Bothans signed to bring us this petition.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:45 PM ET, 12/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Star Wars

Posted at 01:08 PM ET, 12/13/2012

Google Maps is back on the iPhone and will fix everything that is wrong with your life

By Alexandra Petri

I have no idea where I am, but I'll never be lost again!

By Alexandra Petri | 01:08 PM ET, 12/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Apple, Google

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 12/13/2012

8 serious concerns about the people in Christmas songs

By Alexandra Petri

What is going on with these people?

By Alexandra Petri | 08:00 AM ET, 12/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:48 PM ET, 12/12/2012

Chris Christie not "too fat to be president," tells Walters question is ridiculous

By Alexandra Petri

Ask a stupid question...

By Alexandra Petri | 06:48 PM ET, 12/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Chris Christie

Posted at 03:27 PM ET, 12/12/2012

Marco Rubio: Balding, but undeterred

By Alexandra Petri

Hey, history is full of famous bald people.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:27 PM ET, 12/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: baldness, Marco Rubio

Posted at 12:51 PM ET, 12/12/2012

With the Pope's first tweet, how to be sublime in 140 characters?

By Alexandra Petri

How to be sublime in 140 characters or less.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:51 PM ET, 12/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:06 PM ET, 12/12/2012

12 things to be thankful for on 12/12/12

By Alexandra Petri

It's a once-in-a-lifetime moment.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:06 PM ET, 12/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: top ten

Posted at 04:20 PM ET, 12/11/2012

It's harder to be a 20-something than it has ever been before, or Why Millennials Hate Boomers

By Alexandra Petri

Twenty-somethings these days have it worse than anyone else has ever had it. Really.

By Alexandra Petri | 04:20 PM ET, 12/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: millennials

Posted at 01:59 PM ET, 12/11/2012

Scalia reductios himself ad absurdum on murder and homosexuality

By Alexandra Petri

Comparing the morality of murder to that of homosexuality is certainly one approach.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:59 PM ET, 12/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: antonin scalia, supreme court

Posted at 09:45 AM ET, 12/11/2012

Facebook nation -- privacy loses to indifference

By Alexandra Petri

How about we move to Canada after the NEXT election?

By Alexandra Petri | 09:45 AM ET, 12/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Facebook, privacy

Posted at 07:17 PM ET, 12/10/2012

Is Santa a Democrat?

By Alexandra Petri

A recent poll says so, but I beg to differ.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:17 PM ET, 12/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: christmas

Posted at 05:46 PM ET, 12/10/2012

12 things to do before the Mayan Apocalypse

By Alexandra Petri

Especially the last one.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:46 PM ET, 12/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: apocalypse, mayan apocalypse

Posted at 12:39 PM ET, 12/10/2012

Last-minute Christmas shoppers and the ‘fiscal cliff’

By Alexandra Petri

Another Christmas season in procrasti-nation.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:39 PM ET, 12/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: christmas, fiscal cliff

Posted at 06:54 PM ET, 12/07/2012

As DOMA, Prop. 8 head to Supreme Court, a note for the justices

By Alexandra Petri

Justices, this is in your self-interest.

By Alexandra Petri | 06:54 PM ET, 12/07/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: gay marriage, supreme court

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 12/07/2012

The Common Core's 70 percent nonfiction standards and the end of reading?

By Alexandra Petri

With new nonfiction requirements poorly understood, it looks like it.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:30 PM ET, 12/07/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:15 PM ET, 12/07/2012

Sperm, down for the count? French study says it's true.

By Alexandra Petri

The recent news about the 32% drop in sperm count is probably feminism's fault somehow.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:15 PM ET, 12/07/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:19 PM ET, 12/06/2012

Jim DeMint heads to the Thinkery

By Alexandra Petri

What Aristophanes can teach us about the South Carolinian's decision.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:19 PM ET, 12/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Congress

Posted at 01:26 PM ET, 12/06/2012

Congress decrees an end to 'lunatics'

By Alexandra Petri

You can take the 'lunatics' out of the law, but can you take the lunacy out of the law?

By Alexandra Petri | 01:26 PM ET, 12/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Congress, words

Posted at 12:29 PM ET, 12/06/2012

The most impossible Christmas request: RSVP

By Alexandra Petri

Pretty difficult, as it turns out.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:29 PM ET, 12/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: holiday

Posted at 03:16 PM ET, 12/05/2012

Merriam-Webster's top words of 2012 reveal that no one actually knows what socialism is

By Alexandra Petri

What you don't know won't hurt you.

By Alexandra Petri | 03:16 PM ET, 12/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: socialism, words

Posted at 12:24 PM ET, 12/05/2012

Harvard's free speech problem in defense of the bad joke

By Alexandra Petri

First, they came for the bad jokes, and no one said anything, because they thought the bad jokes were inexcusably offensive.

By Alexandra Petri | 12:24 PM ET, 12/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:33 PM ET, 12/04/2012

From vaccines to Panetta-Burns, our fictional concerns

By Alexandra Petri

Surely it is enough to worry about things that are actually happening.

By Alexandra Petri | 07:33 PM ET, 12/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Congress, Magical Problems

Posted at 05:47 PM ET, 12/04/2012

Peanuts Envy: Charles Schulz's secret love letters

By Alexandra Petri

There were more hints we should have seen.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:47 PM ET, 12/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Peanuts

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 12/04/2012

In defense of the bathroom smartphone user

By Alexandra Petri

It was your own fault for not letting us use them at the table.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:30 PM ET, 12/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Smartphone, Social Media, Twitter

Posted at 05:18 PM ET, 12/03/2012

Is the White House petition to construct a Death Star by 2016 what America needs?

By Alexandra Petri

I am not sure that this project makes financial sense.

By Alexandra Petri | 05:18 PM ET, 12/03/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: petitions, Star Wars

Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 12/03/2012

Ten best Royal Baby names for Kate and William

By Alexandra Petri

A list of the top names for expectant monarchs.

By Alexandra Petri | 01:29 PM ET, 12/03/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Royals

Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 12/03/2012

What to expect when Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting a royal baby

By Alexandra Petri

Kate and William are expecting a baby, and the crowd goes wild!

By Alexandra Petri | 12:36 PM ET, 12/03/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Royals

Do you agree with President Obama's decision to provide military aid to the Syrian rebels?

ComPost: December, 2012