Paul Krugman shakes his head.
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Rove Goes Mean Girls on Obama
A new attack ad brings an air of hipster bashing into the conservative narrative that Obama’s too cool to lead the country.
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Move Over Housewives: The Real Governors of Virginia
Tareq Salahi, the famed White House party-crasher and reality tv star, may soon be on your television set—as a candidate.
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What Veep Captured about Washington
Some of the city’s worst invasive species, captured.Â
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There’s No Politics Like Show Politics
You’ll have a better time watching Veep if you don’t expect the show to tell you much about the real or even “real” Washington.
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Don’t Blame Feminism for Your Bad Sex Life
Why is the new HBO show Girls treated as symbolic of its generation and not other shows?
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Approaching Peak Bitch on Television
TV is overrun with unflattering portrayals of women—where’s the uproar?
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Peter Dinklage Is a Baller
The producers of Game of Thrones succeed in writing a disabled character who is more than his disability.
