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...chapter titled "Faux-Cons: Worse than Liberalism," Huckabee identifies what he calls the "real threat" to the Republican Party: "libertarianism masked as conservatism." He is not so much concerned with the libertarian candidate Ron Paul's Republican supporters as he is with a strain of mainstream fiscal-conservative thought that demands ideological purity, seeing any tax increase as apostasy and leaving little room for government-driven solutions to people's problems. "I don't take issue with what they believe, but the smugness with which they believe it," writes Huckabee, who raised some taxes as governor and cut deals with...
...making a living off the land. The local markets' produce comes from somewhere else, and the cost of living is inflated by residents' foreign salaries, which are easily 10 times local wages. In Little Italy, many workers have built sprawling, European-style homes - some complete with sweeping marble terraces, faux stone façades and fountains - years before they plan to return to the Philippines. The houses sit empty, waiting for the day that their owners have put their last child through school and amassed enough health insurance, life insurance and retirement money that they feel they can return home...
...teams I consistently cover. Approaching him, who I could easily pick out in a crowd while rattling off his impressive rookie statistics, I smiled and gave a big wave. The response was a look of confusion, and as soon as I passed him, I realized my faux pas. This athlete and I had never actually met—I had never even interviewed him! Repeat this about once a month, and you begin to get the picture of what being a true DHA creeper is really like.Another consequence of knowing so much about individuals with whom you are not technically...
...hoody and some stretchy leggings (to avoid a full-blown sweat suit) and set off. But, not to fear, fellow fashionistas. While my apparel choices may not have been at the top of the style charts, what I chose to put on my feet saved me from a fashion faux...
...tapestry of hilarious individuals who flounder in the wake of inexcusably bad writing, a terrible plot, and unbearable clichés. The setting is Monroeville, Pa., a typically gritty Smith-style suburb in which vulgarity seeps out of the gutters. Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are the archetypal faux-platonic best friends who met in the first grade—he probably stuck gum in her hair and they were hooked—and for whom extreme sexual tension causes many an awkward moment. They live together in a dingy apartment, where the only source of heat...