The Calm Before the Storm – and After
Tragedy brings people together — and in the case of Hurricane Sandy’s East Coast landfall last Monday, the result is taking aggressive election year campaign politics apart —at least for a moment.
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Tragedy brings people together — and in the case of Hurricane Sandy’s East Coast landfall last Monday, the result is taking aggressive election year campaign politics apart —at least for a moment.
Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” (“G.K.M.C.”) is a short film about a Compton youth trying to find his way in a city infamous for its gang presence.
Four years of foreign policy experience plus 90 minutes of nationally televised talk time equals another debate win for President Barack Obama after sparring with Gov. Mitt Romney over foreign policy and the Middle East during their third and final matchup last Monday.
You know what grinds my gears? Halloween.
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Welcome to our first date, Shippensburg (it’s OK, we’re nervous too). We hope that from here on out this column will serve as your new destination for relationship, sex and dating advice and information; provided from the very different perspectives of three of our staff members.
On Friday Sept. 21, Lionsgate released its newest action thriller movie “Dredd,” starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby and Lena Headey.
President Obama certainly was not “napping through” his second presidential debate last Tuesday night at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., but it was a rude awakening for Republican candidate Governor Mitt Romney as he was battered on socio-economics and foreign policy – the large majority of media outlets gave the night to the President.
You know what grinds my gears, the undecided voter.
Ingredients
On Monday, Baltimore Ravens’ running back, Ray Rice, spoke about the injury suffered by Ray Lewis and dropped an interesting idea about the future hall of fame linebacker.
On Sept. 28, Endgame Entertainment released its time travel movie “Looper”.
After giving up 338 total yards, 214 of those rushing yards, the Ravens’ defense is under nation-wide scrutiny.
Leading up to the Monday night showdown between the New York Jets and the Houston Texans, a lot of talk surrounded Jets’ quarterback, Mark Sanchez. Many believed that after the team’s last loss — a shutout against the San Francisco 49ers — that backup quarterback Tim Tebow was the better option at quarterback.
You know what grinds my gears, Celebrity Boxing.
As election campaign sparring shifts from domestic issues to foreign policy in the wake of an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and subsequent assassination of it’s ambassador, heavy questions are being levied against the Obama Administration for it’s slow and mixed response – and not just from Mitt Romney.
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The winless Saints need to prove to the NFL that they are still contenders. However, Brees does not need to do much more to prove that he is still an elite quarterback.
This is the video edition of the Grind My Gears column in the opinion section of The Slate.
As the election year downshifts into the final turn before the straightaway, there is no disputing that America is on the edge of its seat for the most contested part of the race. According to polls, Republican and Democratic campaigns are neck-and-neck for what is shaping up to be a photo finish, but not the winner-take-all finish both sides are expecting.