| July 1 |
- Bateman: Gen. Clark on how McCain may not be all that experienced
- Actual audio from Wesley Clark’s appearance on “Face the Nation” with Bob Schieffer.
- Red State Update: How does freedom really sound?
- Jackie and Dunlap look at the Christian vote and announce their new album.
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| July 2 |
- Bateman: McCain on “our neighbors to the south”
- Actual audio from a Web ad in which the GOP candidate talks about jobs and free trade.
- Behind the wheel of the Smart car
- Farhad Manjoo gave you a ride in the Smart car and even found parking.
- Now’s the time to be a girl
- Tracy Clark-Flory takes a look at a new study that shows that teenagers may be happy to be female, but they are still burdened.
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| July 3 |
- Bateman: “Responsibilites of American Citizenship”
- Actual audio from a 1955 film about your responsibilities as a free and commie-fearing citizen.
- What would a feminist campaign look like?
- Rebecca Traister discusses how the presidential candidates can effectively address women this election year.
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| July 4 |
- Bateman: Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Afghanistan
- Adm. Mike Mullen has to wait for a “reduced requirement in Iraq” before more troops can be sent to Afghanistan.
- YouTube is not private
- Farhad Manjoo on the recent order that Google and YouTube must turn over viewing data to Viacom.
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| July 7 |
- Big Think: “I’m a change agent”
- Founder of Journey With an Afghan School Julia Bolz discusses the joys and challenges of helping all children go to school.
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| July 8 |
- Red State Update: Headed to the Olympics
- Red State Update on President Bush attending the Olympics, tiny bikinis and acting like we’re getting along.
- On loving pork
- Rebecca Traister on the delights of curing her own meat.
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| July 9 |
- Bateman: “The McLaughlin Group” on Bush’s legacy
- Here’s what Republicans have to do in November — pray.
- Here comes the iPhone (again)
- Farhad Manjoo on the latest release.
- Not the other white meat
- We visit Veritas Farms, 120 acres in New Paltz, N.Y. The animals are happy, healthy and tasty.
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| July 10 |
- Bateman: Sex ed with the Jezebel girls
- There’s no rape in Williamsburg and other insights from Lizz Winstead’s interview with two Jezebel.com bloggers.
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| July 11 |
- Bateman: George W. Bush on the FISA bill
- Breaking: Founding Fathers spinning furiously in graves, throwing off the Earth’s rotation.
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| July 12 |
- McCain’s bad week
- Joan Walsh weighs in on John McCain.
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| July 14 |
- Bateman: Is there a way to deter hijackers?
- Yes, fit all passengers with incapacitating electronic bracelets.
- Big Think: “Privacy is in pretty great danger”
- Author Jonathan Zittrain discusses whether we can govern ourselves online.
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| July 15 |
- Scott Bateman: “I’m drawing a blank … I hate it when I do that”
- Appearing on CNN, South Carolina Gov. Sanford comes up dry on the differences between Bush’s and McCain’s economic policies.
- The saddest story
- Tracy Clark-Flory comments on an Associated Press story following the sentencing of 20 men involved in sexual acts with an 11-year-old girl in 2006.
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| July 16 |
- Red State Update: Tips for McCain on surfing the Web
- Jackie and Dunlap notice one important site missing from McCain’s list of daily online reading.
- Bateman: Ben Bernanke in plain English
- Particularly concerned means totally panicked. Translating the Fed chairman’s remarks on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and more.
- Is oil shale a quick fix for energy needs?
- Alex Koppelman discusses Bush’s proposed plan for oil shale, which may not be viable until 2020, and maybe not even then.
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| July 17 |
- Bateman: George W. Bush on crazy gas prices
- As the cost of gasoline nears $5 a gallon, what advice does the president have for us?
- On temptation and forgiveness
- Tracy Clark-Flory reflects on a new study of gender differences related to flirtation.
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| July 19 |
- Does Gotham need Batman anymore?
- Stephanie Zacharek and Andrew O’Hehir discuss the box office hit.
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| July 21 |
- Big Think: Kay Warren on using her “own voice”
- The author, wife of Christian evangelist Rick Warren, discusses disease prevention, surrendering to God and the church’s proper place in society.
- Bateman: Why do you refuse to testify, Karl Rove?
- Actual (nonpartisan) audio from Bill O’Reilly and Karl Rove.
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| July 22 |
- Red State Update: Overseas Obama-mania
- Jackie and Dunlap on Obama, Al Gore, Miley Cyrus and “How Freedom Sounds.”
- Bateman: John McCain on “Good Morning America”
- Afghanistan: A precarious and urgent situation? Or desperate but not serious?
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| July 23 |
- Bateman: Bush welcomes U.S. Olympians
- The fired-up president is ready to watch American athletes demonstrate our national character.
- The support of a major oil player
- Alex Koppelman discusses T. Boone Pickens and how his energy plans may align with Barack Obama’s.
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| July 24 |
- Bateman: Speidi will save the world!
- Actual audio from “The Hills” stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
- Test riding my SUB
- Who needs a car? Mark Benjamin hauls groceries, his two kids and even a barbecue grill on his new sport utility bicycle.
- On loving Scully
- Rebecca Traister on why Dana Scully is her favorite on “The X-Files.”
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| July 25 |
- Behind the funny, scary “Baghead”
- The Duplass brothers talk about their new indie horror film and working with actors Greta Gerwig and Ross Partridge
- Bateman: “Batman has no limits”
- Actual audio from “The Dark Knight”
- On Viagra for women
- Tracy Clark-Flory takes a look at whether Viagra can improve the female sex drive.
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| July 26 |
- “I am an actor on a very thin stage”
- Andrew O’Hehir interviews the director and subject of “Man on Wire.”
- Different weeks for Obama and McCain
- Joan Walsh compares the very different weeks the two candidates had on the campaign trail.
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| July 28 |
- Bateman: Air Supply recalls the ’70s
- It’s that smooth and easy feeling. Actual audio from a Time-Life infomercial.
- Big Think: “Access to water is a human right”
- Michael Klare, author of “Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum,” discusses the world population’s strain on natural resources.
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| July 29 |
- Bateman: John McCain vs. gay adoption
- “I am for the values that two-parent families represent.”
- Red State Update: Just another crazy astronaut?
- Jackie and Dunlap discuss ex-astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s claim that aliens do exist.
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| July 30 |
- Bateman: Brooke Hogan may not, in fact, know best
- Hulk Hogan’s daughter is not that into voting, especially if there’s a woman running.
- Beyond borders in “Frozen River”
- Andrew O’Hehir talks to director Courtney Hunt about her Sundance Award-winning feature.
- This week in the feminist blogosphere
- Rebecca Traister responds to outrage over the lack of media covering this year’s BlogHer conference.
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| July 31 |
- Rabbit Bites: Unplugging with Janeane Garofalo
- Chou Chou and Buns discuss laying off the Internet and the joy of carrots with the actor/comedian.
- Bateman: Miley Cyrus is nervous (and not about a photo shoot)
- Scott Bateman responds to actual audio of the “Hannah Montana” star talking about hosting the Teen Choice Awards.
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