I'll Believe Corporations Are People When...
[ Posted Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 – 16:54 UTC ]
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Friday Talking Points [300] -- Our 4/20 Acronym Contest Challenge
[ Posted Friday, April 18th, 2014 – 17:24 UTC ]
Three hundred of these columns? To coin a phrase... far out, man.
The 2014 Banished Words List, On Steroids
[ Posted Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 – 17:12 UTC ]
It's that time of year again -- time to check the Lake Superior State University's annual list of "banished words." Or, perhaps, a "back to twerk" column.
My 2013 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]
[ Posted Friday, December 27th, 2013 – 17:50 UTC ]
Welcome back to our annual year-end awards column!
Friday Talking Points [231] -- Snappy Women Label Needed
[ Posted Friday, October 19th, 2012 – 16:04 UTC ]
As always, we are here to bring you the burning questions of the day that nobody else is asking. Today's question: What will we call the 2012 women?
"Predict The Election" Contest
[ Posted Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 – 18:53 UTC ]
Since everyone else in the punditary universe is rehashing last night's presidential debate, we're going to do something more frivolous and fun today. We're going to run a "predict the election" contest for everyone to step into the pundits' shoes themselves. Consider yourself a wonk? Think you know better than the polls? Ready to publicly state what your predictions are? Well, then, get ready to play!
Midsummer U.S. Geography Trivia Game
[ Posted Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 – 17:05 UTC ]
Looking at any map, globe, or any other reference (electronic or not) is verboten. You've got to keep the spirit of the game by seeing how many of these you know off the top of your head. All of these questions are about the entire United States of America (territories and possessions excluded), unless otherwise specified.
Olympic-Level Midsummer U.S. Geography Quiz
[ Posted Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 – 18:08 UTC ]
I had some fun while endlessly waiting for the commercials to end during the Olympics recently, so I jotted down some questions to see how much Americans know about their own country. Think you know U.S. geography? Then you'll like the rest of this column. Hate geography and hate quizzes? Well, check back tomorrow for more of the usual sort of fare here.
Be Careful What You Bet On...
[ Posted Thursday, July 5th, 2012 – 16:29 UTC ]
Since it's the day after a mid-week holiday, we're going to take it easy today, and run a photo sent in by one of our faithful readers, for everyone's enjoyment.
After losing a bet made in these very pages, "Michale" humbly wore the following shirt all day long at his place of business:
Wear it with style, [...]
Friday Talking Points [208] -- Contests! Newtsplosion! Veepstakes!
[ Posted Friday, April 27th, 2012 – 16:11 UTC ]
We begin by saying we certainly hope we can live up to such an exuberant headline. You will have to judge for yourself whether all those exclamation points were justified or not.