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Hold that Tiger

Now that you know EVERYTHING, what do you know?

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Being an Author is Humbling, and Sometimes Degrading, but it Has its Moments

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The Mob Forms Here

Wanna See How Fast Social Media Can Work? On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Be Part of a Teeming, Throbbing, Surging Crowd of Do-Gooders

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Why McCain Lost

Eerie Echoes of Bush -- i.e., George H.W. Bush

What's so striking about this election is that we've seen it before, in 1992, when George H.W. Bush ran for re-election against a young Democrat named Bill Clinton. Here's a column I wrote back then. Tell me if it doesn't sound awfully familiar.

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'Paging Dr. Mengele. Paging Dr. Mengele...'

When 'German Engineering' Yields the Wrong Associations

Crispin Porter & Bogusky is not trying to elicit the most grotesque echoes of the Holocaust in its latest effort for VW. But, either due to an institutional tin ear or vast histroical ignorance, they've somehow managed to do it anyway.

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Victory!

Comcastmustdie.com Has Shamed Comcast Into a Modicum of Respect for Its Customers

The blog Comcastmustdie.com was started 11 months ago as a way for disgruntled customers of the cable giant to vent grievances and possibly get Comcast to listen. While Bob Garfield, whose rants against Comcast started the "jihad," says the company still sucks, it is investing a lot of money to build better customer-relations management and has turned a corner in its corporate culture.

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The Republican National Committee Is a Bunch of Oxycontin-Gulping Pedophiles

Ha Ha. It's a Parody!

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'You a Disgrace to the Man Race'

So let me shoot you with Snickers bars. Or, better yet...

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Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude! Dude!

One Problem with Repetition

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Lost Souls?

Trying to Explain the Difference Between Commentary and Vandalism

I didn't know Paul Tilley, the DDB creative executive who committed suicide a week ago, and I would never presume to divine what was going on in his life, much less his head, when he jumped from a Chicago hotel room to his death. But I do know this: In his last days, whatever else was tormenting him, he was also under professional and personal attack from persons unknown -- most of them, presumably, subordinates -- who used the shield of internet anonymity to mercilessly disparage him.

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