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2012 New Year's Resolutions (More or Less)2 comments

Kenn Shapiro wrote 5 months ago: 2011 I’ve never really understood why we celebrate the start of a new year.  Lincoln’s B … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Holidays, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, new year, new years, New Years Eve, New Year's Resolutions

The Freshest Rhetoric of 2011: Elizabeth Warren

Kenn Shapiro wrote 5 months ago: 2011 With another year crawling toward the finish line, your Fresh Rhetoric blogger–working fe … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Elizabeth Warren

Love, The Donald

Kenn Shapiro wrote 5 months ago: 2011 As we at Fresh Rhetoric have for years borne witness to the self-promoting, self-aggrandizing, … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Donald Trump

Turning Coaches Into Kings: Our Public Universities

Kenn Shapiro wrote 6 months ago: 2011 I’ve got no beef with Urban Meyer, per se.  Sure, I was never much persuaded by his … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Sports, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric

Twisted Values At Penn State1 comment

Kenn Shapiro wrote 6 months ago: 2011 Jerry Sandusky is a child rapist whose target of choice was young boys, and who for years used … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Sports, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, penn state, Joe Paterno

Inside the Kardashian Divorce

Kenn Shapiro wrote 7 months ago: 2011 Like most Americans, we here at Fresh Rhetoric were devastated–devastated!–to learn … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Kardashian

The Politic of Limerick

Kenn Shapiro wrote 7 months ago: 2011 Bachmann doesn’t know that Libya is in Africa.  Cain pivots from a discussion of taxes to … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric

Occupying Wall Street, Missing Obama2 comments

Kenn Shapiro wrote 7 months ago: 2011 Contrary to the disingenuous head-scratching of right-wing punditry and the lazy analysis of so … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Current Affairs, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Election 2012?, occupy wall street

Blame Yourself!8 comments

Kenn Shapiro wrote 7 months ago: 2011 My first impulse was to chuckle.  Like so many of the current gaggle of Republican presidential … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Election 2012?, Herman Cain

Another Month In Tweets...

Kenn Shapiro wrote 8 months ago: 2011 …in which, for the benefit (arguably) of those Fresh Rhetoric readers who’ve not ye … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, twitter, Tweet, Tweets

Bye, Bye, Bachmann

Kenn Shapiro wrote 8 months ago: 2011 As her debate performances drag her poll numbers lower and lower–as her support rapidly e … more →

Tags: Politics, Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Election 2012?, Michele Bachmann

The Republican View On Death: Pro or Con?2 comments

Kenn Shapiro wrote 8 months ago: 2011 Pardon me for paying attention, but those enthusiasts in the audience at this past Monday … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric

Whither the Republicans?

Kenn Shapiro wrote 8 months ago: 2011 Perhaps you’ve had a sense of it, but couldn’t express it.  Perhaps you’ve re … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Democrats, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, democracy

The Month In Tweets...2 comments

Kenn Shapiro wrote 9 months ago: 2011 …in which, for the benefit (at the sufferance?) of those Fresh Rhetoric readers who … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, twitter, Tweet, Tweets

Michele Bachmann: Comedian

Kenn Shapiro wrote 9 months ago: 2011 Perhaps not satisfied that her sole connection to comedy has thus far been her selfless service … more →

Tags: Politics, Current Affairs, Republicans, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Comedy, Election 2012?, Michele Bachmann

The Pollsters Are Coming! The Pollsters Are Coming!

Kenn Shapiro wrote 9 months ago: 2011 With the 2012 Presidential election barely 14 months away, pollsters are beefing up their staff … more →

Tags: Politics, Current Affairs, All posts, Popular Culture, Fresh Rhetoric, Election 2012?, pollsters

Should Obama Decline A Second Term?

Kenn Shapiro wrote 9 months ago: 2011 I voted for Obama in 2008–enthusiastically.  If he’s the Democratic nominee next ye … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Republicans, The Presidency, All posts, Democrats, Congress, Popular Culture

Obama's Strategy: First Surrender, Then Beg3 comments

Kenn Shapiro wrote 10 months ago: 2011 Sure, I’m upset about the terms of the deal to raise the debt ceiling:  The kick-the-can- … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, The Presidency, All posts, Congress, Popular Culture, taxes, bush tax cuts

Obama's Shrewd (Or Not) Debt Ceiling End-Game

Kenn Shapiro wrote 10 months ago: 2011 Surely, President Obama comprehends that the radical “Tea Party Caucus”–the g … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Republicans, The Presidency, Presidents, All posts, Democrats, Congress


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