I think it's a great idea to do journalistic reports on Sex Power God and parties like it. In fact, if Bill O'Reilly had blurred out the faces of party guests, gotten his facts straight and elected not to call Brown's leaders "pinheads," I would have thought it was kind of cool to see my alma mater ...
Whether we like it or not, modern American politics has become something of a team sport. I consider myself a liberal and a Democrat, so I've come up with three relatively simple guidelines that I think my team should start thinking about to make ourselves more effective.
About a month ago, my friend Sarah Goldstein wrote a critique of my first column, in which I argued that Democrats need to be more rhetorically aggressive. She insisted that my admiration for Republicans' "balls of steel" was "John Wayne-cum-Saturday Night Live humor that tries to pass itself off as ...
Two weeks ago I wrote a column about how Democrats need to act more like conservatives, not ideologically but in terms of aggressive communication and methodology - think Karl Rove or Sean Hannity.
As my friends are sure to tell you, I am a big fan of flirting with women. I love the patter of the conversation, the nuanced shifting of smiles, the all-powerful eye contact. I love the moment when you both know that something fun is about to happen, and I love it when that fun ensues.
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