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Archive for January, 2010

Hat Trick: Casual Jews and Skullcaps

Posted in Quickies, The Culturer on Sunday, January 31, 2010 No Comments »

I expect a certain percentage of religious people to wear something identifying their beliefs in public. This is commendable in our pluralistic society, and practically an outgrowth of the First Amendment, which certainly lets us wear what we want if it lets us have sex on camera for money. What baffles me is why Jews of all stripes wear yarmulkes.

What’s Wrong With Ad Hominem?

Posted in Quickies, The Culturer on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 No Comments »

The world's already a nuclear dirty bomb away from chaos, destruction, and the loss of basic freedoms. Given the shabby state of the world, don't we owe it to ourselves to reduce arguments to their simplest, most entertaining form, hashing out our differences by calling each other names and harboring little regard for substantive issues?

Apple Gaffe Doesn’t Stop Market Domination

Posted in Imperialist of the Week on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 No Comments »

Due to its ongoing crush of competition, in spite of the name gaffe, we're proud to name Apple Cultural Imperialist of the week.

He Called Her By Last Name

Posted in Spats on Monday, January 25, 2010 2 Comments »

Should women be addressed by their surnames? Is it demeaning, defeminizing, or defamatory, or is it an expression of equal rights and status under the law? Our spat hits all points. Who is the victor?

Ax to Grind: Two Guitars Are Plenty

Posted in Quickies, The Culturer on Monday, January 18, 2010 2 Comments »

I had a fancy dinner in New York recently, a chili-smoked hanger steak at a Thai fusion restaurant. But it was buried under such a thick crust of spices, like a Port-au-Prince shopkeeper, that the steak was barely perceptible. You know the musical equivalent? Including a third, fourth, or Jimi help us, fifth guitarist in a band.

Flex On This, Flexitarians

Posted in Listen, Douche on Sunday, January 17, 2010 1 Comment »

Have you heard of this new fad for foodies that says you can be both a vegetarian AND a meat-eater? If you subscribe to this theory, you are called Flexitarian. Or as I like to see it, a Douche.

Slight on the Money

Posted in Spats on Monday, January 11, 2010 No Comments »

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Snow to Hell

Posted in Quickies on Friday, January 8, 2010 No Comments »

You and me, snow. Outside.

Interracial Couples Aren’t That Happy

Posted in Banner, Quickies, The Culturer on Sunday, January 3, 2010 No Comments »

The surest way to get someone to spend on your product or cause is slapping a broad cross-section of humanity on a billboard. Often this means a roughly equal balance of men and women, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Arab and Persian, unless UN sanctions stretch over to modeling. But you know what's even harder to swallow? Interracial bliss.

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