View image | gettyimages.com That, of course, is Venus Williams. At the age of 34, and despite suffering from Sjogren’s syndrome, a chronic autoimmune disorder, Williams is staging a mini-comeback of sorts. She just beat former world #1 Caroline Wozniacki to reach the quarterfinals at the Miami Open.
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Carly Fiorina, As Ridiculous As Every Other Businessperson Politician
View image | gettyimages.com Yesterday, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that the chances that she’ll run for president are “higher than 90 percent.” And what will Fiorina be offering? Why, hard-nosed business sense, of course! Her political experience may begin and end with one failed run for Senate, […]
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Rootin’ Tootin’ Shootin’ Presidential Candidates
View image | gettyimages.com There was a time not too long ago when Republicans knew that when an election got tight, they could trot out “God, guns, and gays” to drive a cultural wedge between Democrats and the electorate, since the GOP was the party that, like most Americans, loved the first two and hated […]
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Photo of the Day, Human-Powered Locomotion Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Megan Giglia of the Great Britain Cycling Team in action during the bronze final of the Women’s C-3 3km Pursuit on day two of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images for British Cycling)
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Scott Walker Sees Things With Own Eyes, Emerges Wiser (Or Not)
Last July, President Obama took a fundraising trip to Texas and, to the feigned outrage of conservatives, did not go visit the border. Passing up the opportunity to stand next to a border patrol agent gesturing off into the distance, or to walk thoughtfully along a section of border fence, just showed how unserious Obama […]
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Jeb Bush to Continue Family Tradition of Pretending to Be a Reg’lar Fella
View image | gettyimages.com Just a few ordinary guys, hangin’ out. It’s presidential campaign time, which means that I will have ample opportunity to fulminate against my many pet peeves of political rhetoric in the months to come. There are few higher on that list than the repeated claim politicians make that they aren’t really […]
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Photo of the Day, Starstruck Washington Edition
View image | gettyimages.com The Capitol Hill media were absolutely captivated by this hearing about foreign aid to Africa, which surely had nothing to do with the presence of an extremely wealthy man and an extremely handsome man.
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What Happened to Chris Christie?
View image | gettyimages.com Remember when Republicans were over the moon for Chris Christie? There was a period when YouTube videos of him shouting down some uppity teacher or other constituent were gleefully forwarded from conservative to conservative; here was a guy who knew how to put liberals in their place! He was a tough-talking […]
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How Rand Paul Is Losing His Distinctiveness
View image | gettyimages.com As the 2016 presidential race has swung into motion in the last couple of months, we’ve heard a lot about Jeb Bush, and Scott Walker, and even Ted Cruz. But there hasn’t been a lot of news about Rand Paul, whom many people considered the most interesting candidate in the race. […]
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Photo of the Day, Everybody Needs a Hobby Edition
View image | gettyimages.com This is Volker Kraft of Saalfeld, German, with the apple tree he and his wife have decorated with 10,000 Easter eggs. It’s his thing, I guess. You may think this is silly, but what’s your thing? Forwarding stupid Vines to your stupid friends? If you bring as much pleasure into the […]
