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August 3 2013 Politics Round-Up

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Thomas Mets

According to the Freakonomics guys, fathers of daughters are more likely to get divorced. MORETTI: There are three main channels. First of all, women who have daughters are more likely to have never been married than women who have boys. Second, … Continue reading →

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Recommended June 13 2013

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Apparently, Warner Brothers is planning to take it slow with the inevitable Justice League film, hoping for a Man of Steel sequel and the introductions to Wonder Woman and Aquaman first. This is probably the right tack to take. Hillary Clinton … Continue reading →

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Recommended June 11 2013

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Thomas Mets

PVP was funny today. Well, it’s often funny, but today merits special attention. Boing Boing’s excerpt for A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting is pretty funny. They’ve had a lot of solid comic book samples this week. A Freakonomics fan complains about … Continue reading →

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Recommended June 6 2013

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Thomas Mets

The covers for Spider-Man 2099’s return in Superior Spider-Man sure look good. The acclaimed anthology series Batman: Black and White is coming back. Newsarama has a list of the top ten Batman villains. #10 doesn’t merit inclusion. Ace of Spades raises an interesting … Continue reading →

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Recommended June 5 2013

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Neil Gaiman suggests that the next Doctor should be an unknown. I like to see The Doctor as The Doctor, and an actor who doesn’t bring baggage is a grand sort of thing. A star waiting to happen. So I … Continue reading →

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Recommended June 4 2013

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Thomas Mets

The Onion catalogued to the twitter war between President Obama ans the Audubon Society. A study looks at the workplace related costs of smoking. Even with the higher rates of death, it doesn’t save money. Many studies have shown that smokers … Continue reading →

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Governor Christie, Lautenberg’s Seat and the Media

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Thomas Mets

It’s interesting to look at the various ways media outlets report on Chris Christie’s choices in selecting a replacement for Frank Lautenberg, the recently deceased Senior Senator from New Jersey. A front page story in the New York Times was … Continue reading →

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Recommended June 2 2013

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Thomas Mets

My search for a title for these types of posts continues. At the moment, I’ll try “Recommended.” Metsfilter sticks around as a tag. Greg Burgas’s review of Brian Wood’s first issue of X-Men offers a great insight on modern superhero … Continue reading →

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African-American Democratic Presidential Candidates Post-Obama

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Ben Smith of buzzfeed posits an interesting theory about presidential primaries with the linkbait headline “Why The Next President Will Probably Be Black Too.” But there are also strong reasons to believe that the Democratic nominee, at least, will be … Continue reading →

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Religion and Politics in the Spider-Man Comics

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Thomas Mets

One question for the next Spider-Man writers and editors is how to depict religion and politics in the comics.  It’s something that many readers take quite seriously, and for the most part, writers have been vague about the religious and … Continue reading →

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