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December 2004

12.31 Culturally Speaking #48: The Year We Had at Me Three, By Sarah Stodola

12.30 Pond Scum: Plums in the Icebox, By Steve Finbow

12.29 Dispatch from Greenpoint, By Lee Cohen

12.28 Movie Review: Finding Neverland, By William Sternman

12.27 Sugan Spun Sisters: Chapter Eight, By Darren Kaminsky

12.22 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class, Week Eight: In Her Own Words (Sort Of), By Harris Bloom

12.16 Pond Scum: Sever the Earth, By Steve Finbow

12.15 Fiction: Obsession, By Calvin Coyne, By Mick Rainsford

12.14 On Alexander: Did the Critics Blow It? By Mark Grueter

12.13 Sugar Spun Sisters: Chapter Six, By Darren Kaminsky

12.10 Culturally Speaking #47, By Sarah Stodola

12.9 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class, Week Seven: My Futuristical Vision, By Harris Bloom

12.8 Fiction: Please, the Dead Shined on Us, By Pitchaya Sudbanthad

12.7 The Evolution of a Boston Red Sox Anti-Fan, By Mark Grueter

12.6 Sugar Spun Sisters: Chapter Five, By Darren Kaminsky

12.3 Culturally Speaking #46, By Sarah Stodola

12.2 Pond Scum: 100 Years of Verisimilitude, By Steve Finbow

12.1 Movies Move On, By William Sternman

November 2004

11.30 Fiction: Me and Old Granny, By Brandon Hunter Murphy

11.29 Sugar Spun Sisters: Chapter Four, By Darren Kaminsky

11.24 Fiction: Fathers, Sons, and Sandwiches, By Chris Sullivan

11.23 Movie Review: Enduring Love, By William Sternman

11.23 Movie Review: Being Julia, By William Sternman

11.22 Sugar Spun Sisters, Chapter Three, By Darren Kaminsky

11.19 Culturally Speaking #45, By Sarah Stodola

11.18 Pond Scum: I Never Bounced a Ball or Swung a Bat, By Steve Finbow

11.17 You Once Said: An Interview with Christine Schutt

11.17 Fiction: Crank Call, By Thomas J. Hubschman

11.16 A Newspaper Columnist Takes a Vacation, By Lionel Beehner

11.15 Sugar Spun Sisters: Chapter Two, By Darren Kaminsky

11.12 Culturally Speaking #44: Can't Stop Talking About Politics, By Sarah Stodola

11.11 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class: Her Life Ended in Death, by Harris Bloom

11.10 After the Fact: The Election Sane, By Mark Grueter

11.9 I ♥ Huckabees, By William Sternman

11.8 Sugar Spun Sisters: Chapter One, By Darren Kaminsky

11.5 Culturally Speaking #43: Time to Jump Ship? By Sarah Stodola

11.4 Pond Scum: Sour Lemons and Bitter Macaroons, By Steve Finbow

11.1 Lies and the Hollywood Liars Who Tell Them, By Chris Fara1

11.1 Movie Review: The Motorcycle Diaries, By William Sternman

October 2004

10.29 Culturally Speaking #42, By Sarah Stodola

10.28 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class, Part Five: Burning Down the House, By Harris Bloom

10.27 Only Six Days to Go: Advantage Bush (On Paper Anyway), By Mark Grueter

10.26 Fiction: To Scale (An Epiphany Story), By Sarah M. Balcomb

0.25 A Shaken Head at Solvency's Door, By Dan McCarthy

10.22 Culturally Speaking #41: The Prizewinner Edition, By Sarah Stodola

10.21 Pond Scum: The Fit and Busted (Or, Understanding America via F. Scott Fitzgerald), By Steve Finbow

10.21 Jon Stewart: Hypocrite, By Mark Grueter

10.20 Just 13 Day Left, The Crowd-Pleaser: George W. Bush, By Mark Grueter

10.18 Movie Review: Hero, By William Sternman

10.14 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class, Part Four: Like Karate, Writing in Head and Heart...No in Hands, By Harris Bloom

10.8 Culturally Speaking #40, By Sarah Stodola

10.7 Pond Scum: American Simplex, By Steve Finbow

10.6 Just 27 Days Left: The Veep Debate, By Mark Grueter (with Sarah Stodola)

10.5 The E.U. of the Middle East, By Rebecca Carter

10.4 Movie Review: Bright Young Things, By William Sternman

10.1 Culturally Speaking #39: The Eclectic One, By Sarah Stodola

September 2004

9.30 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class, Part Three: I Think I'm in the Wrong Writing Class, By Harris Bloom

9.29Just 34 Days To Go: The Debates, Iraq, Hitchens, and Lie Detector Tests, By Mark Grueter

9.28 Summer Satire Contest 2nd Place Winner: Letters To and From the Big Top, By John Blair

9.27 Summer Summary: Why We'll Remember June-September 2004

9.24 Culturally Speaking #38, By Sarah Stodola

9.23 Pond Scum: A Tale of Three Cities, By Steve Finbow

9.22 Just 41 Days Left: Honk if You Love the Status Quo: McCain and Powell, By Mark Grueter

9.21 Starbucks: Weed in Manhattan, By Sarah Stodola

9.20 Movie Review: We Don't Live Here Anymore, By William Sternman

9.17 Culturally Speaking #37, By Sarah Stodola

9.16 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class, Part Two: The Battle of the Sandwiches, By Harris Bloom

9.15 Just 48 Days Left, Deck the SOBs: Does Kerry Have What it Takes to Fight Back?  By Mark Grueter

9.14 Fiction: Randy's Part in the Ongoing Thing, By Lee Wilkins

9.13 Movie Review: Garden State, By William Sternman

9.9 Pond Scum: Mutatis Mutandis, By Steve Finbow

9.5 Let Freedom Reign, By Nicholas Allanach

9.3 On Bush's Bullshit Speech, The Lost Ways of Kerry, and the Stupidity of Zell Miller, By Mark Grueter

9.2 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class: Week One, By Harris Bloom

9.2 How to Ignore the Republican Convention

9.1 Be a Part of It, By Nicholas Allanach

August 2004

8.31 Movie Review: A Home at the End of the World, By William Sternman

8.30 Just 63 Days Left: Throwing Baths, By Mark Grueter

8.27 Culturally Speaking #35, By Sarah Stodola

8.26 Pond Scum: Idiot Empire, By Steve Finbow

8.24 Response to "War Lies," By Sarah Stodola

8.23 Just 71 Days To Go: War Lies, By Mark Grueter

8.18 Memoir of a Memoir-Writing Class: Introduction, By Harris Bloom

8.18 What's Your Issue: Young Republicans Speak Up, By Chris Fara1

8.17 You are a Cliche, By Dorian Bensen

8.16 Just 78 Days Left: On the Enemies of Dissent, By Mark Grueter

8.13 Culturally Speaking #34: The Olympic Kickoff Edition, By Sarah Stodola

8.12 Review of The Manchurian Candidate, By William Sternman

8.11 Pond Scum,  By Steve Finbow

8.10 My Word is Law, By Marcy Greene

8.6 Culturally Speaking #33: The One That Was Heavily Informed by Dad's Emails, By Sarah Stodola

8.4 Bathroom Politics in the Bar, By Aimee Bingham

8.3 After Nine Years: Before Sunset, Review By Sarah Stodola

8.2 Just 92 Days Left: Real Time With Ralph Nader, By Mark Grueter

July 2004

7.30 Just 95 Days To Go: Against Division, By Mark Grueter

7.30 Unconventional, Day Five: All's Hell That Ends Well, By Chris Fara1

7.30 Player Haters: Mark Grueter vs. Chris Fara1

7.29 Unconventional, Day Four: A Top 20 List, By Chris Fara1

7.29 Just 96 Days Left: The Terrible Gibberish of Unity, By Mark Grueter

7.28 Unconventional, Day Three: One Lonely Me Three I Be, By Chris Fara1

7.28 Just 97 Days Left: Convention Blues, By Mark Grueter

7.27 Unconventional, Day Two: We're In, We're Out, It's Not Over, By Chris Fara1

7.27 Just 98 Days To Go: An Article for Serious People, By Mark Grueter

7.26 Unconventional, Day One: The Unassociated Press Arrives on the Scene, By Chris Fara1

7.26 Just 99 Days Left: Put Your Hands on the Wheel, By Mark Grueter

7.23 Culturally Speaking #32, By Sarah Stodola

7.22 Weapon Inspector, By Nicholas Allanach

7.21 In Real Life?  By Allen McGill

7.20 Scoop Revisited, By Sarah Stodola

7.19 Just 108 Days Left: A Column of Mini-Columns, By Mark Grueter

7.16 Culturally Speaking #31, By Sarah Stodola

7.15 P.G. Wodehouse, Stripped of His Innocence, By Mark Grueter

7.14 Amen Bill Cosby!  By Kellye Whitney

7.13 Avoidance, By Dorian Bensen

7.12 Just 115 Days Left: Chasing Ambulances, By Mark Grueter

June 2004

6.30 Worry, By Herbert Foster Kaufman

6.29 Reviewing the Reviewer: Kakutani on My Life, By Chris Fara1

6.28 Just 127 Days Left: Beyond Iraq, By Sarah Stodola

6.25 Culturally Speaking #30, By Mark Grueter

6.24 Everyday People: Not Your Everyday Film, By Sarah Stodola

6.23 The Private Wars, By Joyce Angleberger

6.22 You Once Said: An Interview With Jonathan Ames, By Sarah Stodola

6.21 Just 134 Days To Go: The Iraq/Al Qaeda Non-Connection, Michael Moore and Bill Clinton,         By Mark Grueter

6.18 Culturally Speaking #29: The Mini-Rant Edition, By Sarah Stodola

6.17 Shrek: Entertainment for Half-witted Adults, By Mark Grueter

6.17 The Hopeful Glory of Morning's Fire, By Dan McCarthy

6.15 You First, Then I, By Sarah Stodola

6.14 Just 141 Days Left: Thank You, Ronald Reagan, By Mark Grueter

6.11 Culturally Speaking #28, By Sarah Stodola

6.10 2004 Commencement Address, By Chris Fara1

6.9 Liftoff, By Kellye Whitney

6.7 Just 148 Days Left: The Reagan Effect, By Mark Grueter

6.4 Culturally Speaking #27, By Sarah Stodola

6.3 Runaway Train Chronicles, By Max Lawrence Eastwood

6.2 The Top Ten Novel Titles of All Time, By Sarah Stodola

6.1 Just 155 Days To Go: Iraqi Positioning, By Mark Grueter

May 2004

5.28 Culturally Speaking #26, By Sarah Stodola

5.27 If Conselyea Street Could Talk, By Richard Grayson

5.26 The Silent Sunday, By Jamie Fortin

5.25 Lifelong Friends are Curiosities, By Sarah Stodola

5.24 Just 162 Days Left: McCain and Abel, By Mark Grueter

5.18 The 1920's Sense, By Sarah Stodola

5.5 The Value of Cocoa Butter, By Kellye Whitney

April 2004

4.30 Culturally Speaking #25: The Silver Anniversary Edition, By Sarah Stodola

4.28 Fast Eats and Trash Beats at the Drive Thru Window, By Chris Fara1

4.26 Just 27 Weeks Left: The Cost of an Election Year, By Mark Grueter

4.23 Culturally Speaking #24: The Mostly Literary Edition, By Sarah Stodola

4.21 Door Number One, By Sutton Stokes

4.19 Just 28 Weeks to Go: Solicitation Without Representation, By Chris Fara1

4.16 Culturally Speaking #23, By Sarah Stodola

4.14 Share the Bridge, By Moira Mclaughlin

4.12 Just 199 Days Left: The Catasrophe of 9/11 Could Have Been Avoided...Obviously, By Mark           Grueter

4.9 Culturally Speaking #22, By Sarah Stodola

4.8 Dear Condi, by Chris Fara1

4.7 The Naricissism of Minor Differences, By Nicholas Allanach

4.5 Just 206 Days Left: Skepticism of Bush's Foreign Policy goes Mainstream, By Mark Grueter

4.2 Culturally Speaking #21, By Sarah Stodola

March 2004

3.31 Through the Mirror, Lightly, By Dan McCarthy

3.29 Life as a Loser: Smith Street, By Will Leitch

3.25 Just 31 Weeks Left: The Bush Blooper Reel, With Dick Clarke, by Mark Grueter

3.23 Top Ten Rejected Me Three Columns

3.22 Life as a Loser: Exhuming McCarthy, By Will Leitch

3.19 Culturally Speaking #20, By Sarah Stodola

3.18 Just 32 Weeks Left: Advice for Kerry on Collateral Damage, By Mark Grueter

3.16 Excerpt from Urdoxa, By Kane X. Faucher

3.15 Life as a Loser: What Shall Last, By Will Leitch

3.12 Culturally Speaking #19, By Sarah Stodola

3.11 Just 213 Days to Go: The Simplicity of the Nuance Defense, By Mark Grueter

3.9 Counsel from a One-Time Intern, By Sarah Stodola

3.8 Life as a Loser: The Shuttle Bus, By Will Leitch

3.5 Culturally Speaking #18, By Sarah Stodola

3.4 Spun in the Spinroom: Behind the Schemes at the NYC Debate, By Chris Fara1

3.4 2004 Election, Is Kerry the Man? By Mark Grueter

3.1 Life as a Loser: The Bride's Head Revisited, By Will Leitch

February 2004

2.27 Culturally Speaking #17, By Sarah Stodola

2.25 Frank's Neighborhood, By Corey Mesler

2.24 Say it to the World: The Internet as a Global Public Sphere, By Sarah Stodola

2.23 Life as a Loser: Warfare, and its Ultimate Implementation, By Will Leitch

2.20 Culturally Speaking #16, By Sarah Stodola

2.18 The Light at the End of my Funnel, By Chris Fara1

2.10 "How Could You Ask such a Question:" The Christopher Hitchens Interview, By Mark Grueter

2.9 Life as a Loser: Thespians, By Will Leitch

2.6 Culturally Speaking #15, By Sarah Stodola

2.5 Only 277 Days Left: The End of Politics, By Mark Grueter

2.4 Hey Big Spender: You're So Good Lookin', By Sarah Stodola

2.2 Life as a Loser: Chelsea, By Will Leitch

January 2004

1.30 Culturally Speaking #14, By Sarah Stodola

1.29 The Terrible Saga of the Nation's First Primary, By Mark Grueter

1.29 Rating the Slate in the Granite State, By Chris Fara1

1.28 Life as a Loser: What's Happening to My Body? By Will Leitch

1.23 Culturally Speaking #13, By Sarah Stodola

1.22 Just 41 Weeks Left: The Election Year Begins, By Mark Grueter

1.21 The Bunk Thesis Topic, By Sarah Stodola

1.20 Life as a Loser: Confessions, By Will Leitch

1.15 Just 291 Days Left: Wes Clark and the Third Way, By Mark Grueter

1.14 How I Forget to Remember, By Sarah Stodola

1.13 The Suburban Bagel Blitz, By Chris Fara1

1.12 Life as a Loser: The Office, Reloaded, By Will Leitch

1.9 Culturally Speaking #12: The London/New York Edition, By Sarah Stodola

1.8 Just 298 Days Left: Is Dean Electable? By Mark Grueter

1.7 Eating In, By Sarah M. Balcomb

1.6 On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part II, By Mark Grueter

1.5 Life as a Loser: The Office, Reloaded, By Will Leitch

December 2003

12.26 On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part I, By Mark Grueter

12.23 Culturally Speaking #11, By Sarah Stodola

12.22 Life as a Loser: Sacraments, Farting Children, and Kneeling Before Zod, By Will Leitch

12.17 The Top Ten Albums of 2003

12.16 The Rapidly Disappearing Life of R. Shumway, By Nathan Eckstrom

12.12 Culturally Speaking #10, By Sarah Stodola

12.11 Just 326 Days Left: A Good Week for Junkies, By Mark Grueter

12.8 Life as a Loser: Last Man Standing, By Will Leitch

12.5 Culturally Speaking #9, By Sarah Stodola

12.4 Just 333 Days Left: The Frontrunner, By Mark Grueter

12.3 Neurotic Lonely Man at the Movies, By Lionel Beehner

12.2 Young, Dumb, and Full of Shit, By Chris Fara1

12.1 Life as a Loser: Arthritically Hip, By Will Leitch

11.26 Just 360 Day Left: The Latest Debate, By Mark Grueter

11.21 Culturally Speaking #8, By Sarah Stodola

11.20 Just 50 Weeks Left: It Doesn't Matter What You Think, By Mark Grueter

11.18 Living Alone, By Sarah Stodola

11.14 Culturally Speaking #8, By Sarah Stodola

11.13 Obscure Country Profile #9: Nauru, By Sarah Stodola

11.11 A Randon Walk Down K Street, By Lionel Beehner

11.10 Life as a Loser: I'm not Gonna Pay a Lot for this Muffler, By Will Leitch

11.7 Culturally Speaking #7, By Sarah Stodola

11.6 Just About a Year to Go: The Trouble with Clark, By Mark Grueter

11.5 Obscure Country Profile #8: Sealand, By James Marshall

11.4 A Place to Land, By K.J. Stevens

11.3 Life as a Loser: The Courtship of Leitch's Father, By Will Leitch

October 2003

10.31 Culturally Speaking #5, By Sarah Stodola

10.30 Hurry Up and Slow Down, By Mark Grueter

10.29 So You Call Yourself a Writer, By Sarah Stodola

10.28 Just 53 Weeks to Go: A Debate Among the Dems, By Mark Grueter

10.27 Life as a Loser: The Right Field Dad, By Will Leitch

10.24 Bucking the Rider, By Alex Urevick

10.23 Culturally Speaking #4, By Sarah Stodola

10.22 Obscure Country Profile #7: Gabon, By Lionel Beehner

10.21 Just 377 Days Left: Vice President Edwards? By Mark Grueter

10.20 Life as a Loser: Toxins, By Will Leitch

10.17 Fielding the Federal Budget, By Sarah Stodola

10.16 Culturally Speaking #3, By Sarah Stodola

10.15 Obscure Country Profile #6: Jersey, By Shawn Bryant

10.14 Just 55 Weeks to Go: Advice for the General, Mark Grueter

10.13 Life as a Loser: The Proper Authority, By Will Leitch

10.10 How to Pick Your Candidate, By Dorian Bensen

10.9 Culturally Speaking #2, By Sarah Stodola

10.8 Obscure Country Profile #5: Moldova, By Lionel Beehner

10.7 Just 391 Days to Go: Enter Wes Clark, By Mark Grueter

10.6 Life as a Loser, the Big Red Tag, By Will Leitch

10.3 Too Tall Tom's Subtle Confession, By Mark Grueter

10.2 Culturally Speaking #1, By Sarah Stodola

10.1 Obscure Country Profile #4: San Marino, By Alex Urevick

September 2003

9.29 Life as Loser: The Ongoing Post-Game Report, By Will Letich

9.26 Oddity, By Thomas Roberge

9.24 Obscure Country Profile #3: Seychelles, By Mark Grueter

9.22. Life as a Loser: Skinny Bitches, By Will Leitch

9.19 A Placid, Crazy Thing, By Sarah Stodola

9.17 America The...?  By Mark Grueter

9.15 Life as a Loser: Interns, By Will Leitch

9.11 Obscure Country Profile #2: Comoros, By Sarah Stodola

9.8 Life as a Loser: Moth, Meet Flame, By Will Leitch

9.5 Not in a Day's Work, By Sarah Stodola

9.3 Obscure Country Profile #1: Tahiti, By Chris Fara1

9.1 Life as a Loser: Oregon Trail, By Will Leitch

August 2003

8.29 New Review of an Oft-Reviewed Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude, By Sarah Stodola

8.11 My Dead Aunt, By Mark Grueter

8.11 Life as a Loser: Keep Going, By Will Leitch

8.6 Time Piece, By Sarah Stodola

8.4 Life as a Loser: Celebrity, By Will Leitch

July 2003

7.31 Mr. Pink Had a Point, By Mark Grueter

7.30 The Irony of Irony, By Sarah Stodola

7.28 The Line at Port Authority, By Will Leitch

7.23 Norway Envy, By Lionel Beehner

7.18 A Chanteuse and her Piano Player, By Sarah Stodola

7.16 Blood Simple, By Vic Colfari

7.14 Life as a Loser: On the Eve of a 10-year Class Reunion, By Will Leitch

7.11 I went to the Ballet for No Reason at All, By Sarah Stodola

7.9 Drink a Peach, By Chris Fara1

7.7 Life as a Loser: Snap Me Perfect! By Will Leitch

7.4 Underreported and Overlooked: Weekly Links

7.2 This is How I Move, By Sarah Stodola

June 2003

6.30 Life as a Loser: Bill Lumbergh, by Will Leitch

6.25 Noninterventionist Thought in American History, Part Three, By Mark Grueter

6.23 Life as a Loser: Parents Rule, By Will Leitch

6.20 I Spy a City, By Sarah Stodola

6.18 Gates, By Lionel Beehner

6.15 Life as a Loser: Take your Summer and Cram It, By Will Leitch

6.13 Noninterventionist Thought in American History, Part Two, By Mark Grueter

6.11 Is Nike a Peron? Part Three, By Sarah Stodola

6.9 Life as a Loser: The Breakthrough, By Will Leitch

6.6 Is Nike a Person? Part Two, By Sarah Stodola

6.3 Life as a Loser: Observations from Las Vegas, By Will Leitch

May 2003

5.30 Is Nike a Person? Part One, By Sarah Stodola

5.28 Life as a Loser: Up all Night, By Will Leitch

5.20 Life as a Loser: Roy Orbison is a Damned Wussy, By Will Leitch

5.12 Life as a Loser: A Jolt, by Will Leitch

5.1 Letters from IDANT, by Vic Colfari

April 2003

4.28 Life as a Loser: A Spoonful Weighs a Ton, By Will Leitch

4.23 It's Not Three Years Ago Anymore, by Sarah Stodola

4.18 Poetry and Contamination, By Marcela Romero

4.16 The Answer My Friend, Is Blowin' Ritalin, By Chris FARA1

4.14 Life as a Loser: All That She Wants and Needs, By Will Leitch

4.11 Underreported and Overlooked: Weekly Links

4.9 Blankie Language, By Sarah Stodola

4.7 Life as a Loser: A Full Life, Finally, By Will Leitch

4.4 On the Art of Polemical Writing, By Mark Grueter

4.2 Globalization and Class Division in American Cities, By Sarah Stodola

March 2003

Life as a Loser: We Got Game, By Will Leitch

Underreported and Overlooked: Weekly Links 3/28/03

The Power of Political Words, By Alex Urevick

My Life and Her Death, By Sarah Stodola

Going Medieval On Iraq, By Meredith Clermont-Ferrand

Life as a Loser: The Eternal Kevin Jones, By Will Leitch

Underreported and Overlooked: Weekly Links 3/21/03

A Humanitarian Effort, or a Humanitarian Catastrophe? By Sarah Stodola

Life as a Loser: A Vindictive Scorekeeper, By Will Leitch

Dropping Knowledge: The Beastie Boys Diss Bush, By Mark Grueter

Destroying Monsters, By Mark Grueter

The Real World of Reality Television, By Sarah Stodola

Life as a Loser: Xenophobe, By Will Leitch

How Me Three Came to Be, By Sarah Stodola

February 2003

Milk and Pee, By Tommy Schrider

The Drug of Our Nation, By Mark Grueter

Life as a Loser: My Father's First Job Interview, By Will Leitch

The Final Frontier of Furniture? By Sarah Stodola

The Advance of the Written Word, By Sarah Stodola

Life as a Loser: For Graduation My Friend Gave Me a Hummer, By Will Leitch

The Debate Continues, By Mark Grueter

Cuppa Kouhii? By Sandra Barron

Life as a Loser: The Holiday that Hallmark Hath Made, By Will Leitch

Box in the Closet, By Sarah Stodola

In Response, By Andrew Gold

I am Absolutely Sure I Might Change My Mind, By Sarah Stodola

Growing Pains, By Alex Urevick

January 2003

Madman, By Mark Grueter

What's the Damage? By Michael Ayoob

Of the People, By the Electoral College, By Sarah Stodola

My North Carolina Family: A Family Meal as Bucolic Art, By Amanda Wells

An Evening with Norman Mailer and George W. Bush, By Sarah Stodola

Siding With Hitchens, By Mark Grueter