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miss utah, miss usa, taylor swift

Feminist Taylor Swift, and the only thing more incoherent than Miss Utah

... was everything else.

By Alexandra Petri 6 hours ago

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putin, ring

Vladimir Putin takes super bowl ring as gift — a visual retelling

This is the greatest story of this week of all time.

By Alexandra Petri 9 hours ago

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CIA

Erotica Night and the CIA

And this was before Facebook!

By Alexandra Petri June 14, 2013

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jeb bush, immigration

With Jeb Bush and ‘fertile,’ it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it

It's all in how you say it.

By Alexandra Petri June 14, 2013

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racism, twitter, national anthem

Twitter racists, the National Anthem Kid, the NSA and you

What's private, though?

By Alexandra Petri June 13, 2013

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supreme court

Why there are still no Prop 8, DOMA, VRA or affirmative action rulings from the Supreme Court

Inside the decision-writers' room.

By Alexandra Petri June 13, 2013

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bad ads

Thoreau goes to Panera

Speaking of Dubious Advertising Choices.

By Alexandra Petri June 12, 2013

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Hillary, Twitter

TBD, @HillaryClinton, really?

Here we go again.

By Alexandra Petri June 12, 2013

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God, America

‘Do you get the feeling God is no longer watching over America?’ God and Drudge on Twitter

Ask a silly question...

By Alexandra Petri June 11, 2013

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edward snowden, lindsay mills; nsa

NSA leaker Edward Snowden, that is certainly one way to end things with your superhero pole-dancer girlfriend

Edward Snowden manages the impossible.

By Alexandra Petri June 11, 2013

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