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Cultural Imperialist
"Scathing Spats on Shallow Subjects"
Fri Sep 10
2010
Imperialist of the Week
Corruption Crackdown: The Chalupa Challenger
The firing of corrupt Mexican police signals more sweeping reforms within Mexico. Some anonymous imperialist is hard at work. Read On
Kagan Exercises: Confirmation as Conquest
Elena Kagan's the latest hack to win a Supreme Court spot, and that kind of chutzpah deserves an award, even one as meaningless as ours. Read On
Explonanism: Fireworks as Imperialist
Cultural Imperialist salutes fireworks, those onanistic displays of jingoism. Never stop reaching for, and light-polluting, the stars. Read On
Russia shows it's still in the game to win. If their femme fatales are any measure of their worth, we've got a hell of a fight on our hands. Read On
Privacy experts are worried that Facebook is evil. But Facebook is more like an amoral cookie monster. Read On
Veiled Threat: Sarkozy Knocks the Orthodox
Nicolas Sarkozy may be French, but he knows how to put the burn on burkas. He's our Imperialist of the Week. Read On
Kiss my Ash: Volcano as Imperialist
It should be obvious to the close follower of Icelandic quirkster Bjork's career that Eyjafjallajokull's eruption was simply the latest and most impressive performance art yet from the demented mind that brought us "Human Behavior." Read On
Solid as Barack: The Conquest of Health Care
Anyone who reorganizes one-sixth of the American economy with a ridiculously ornate stroke of the pen deserves to be our Imperialist of the Week. Read On
Israel's timed announcement of construction plans in East Jerusalem indicate a clear willingness to breach protocol in order to advance their own interests, thus earning our Imperialist of the Week award. Read On
ImperialMitt: Why We Love Romney
Mitt Romney may be the greatest denigrator of The Non-American Way since P.J. O'Rourke's brilliantly offensive "Foreigners of the World" study for National Lampoon. Read On
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