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 » The Soap Box #7 - Everyone is right, of course. Good times aren't just around the corner. Instead, the bully is waiting for a new opportunity to embarrass you even further.

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 » The Soap Box #6 - In honor of our current leadership, I'm going to start really slacking off at work. I'll be doing a lot more surfing of the Internet, and I'm not really going to worry about completing projects on time.

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 » iPod is My Co-Pilot - Sometimes it doesn't hurt to think about how much the order and normality of our lives is based on trust in government and financial institutions.

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 » iPod is My Co-Pilot - You're walking down the street, headphones on. A man in an Armani suit and expensive sunglasses catches up to you from behind, and grabs your shoulder to stop you.

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 » The Soap Box #5 - Personally, I have a hard time understanding why anyone even cares. If two people want to get married, well, good for them. Unless I know them personally and I have to actually go to the wedding, how does that possibly impact my life one way or the other?

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 » iPod is My Co-Pilot - I have tasted the sweet, soothing nectar, and I long to taste it yet again. I can't really overstate how important it is going to be from now on to make sure I let all of the anxiety and stiffness out on a more regular basis.

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 » The Soap Box #4 - Personally, I think George Bush's principle, "we should always err on the side of life," should be used like a guiding principle. Life should be valued, and the decisions we make should reflect that as much as possible.

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 » The Soap Box #3 - A nation of people free to worship how they choose, free to believe what they want, and free from a government imposing its ideas about religion upon them. Dan Filowitz weighs in on the Christianitification of America.

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 » iPod is My Co-Pilot - With the emergence of digital music and media, the stream of music has fountained into a sea of sound and made many traditional terms and concepts obsolete.

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 » The Soap Box #2 - With his second political commentary, Dan Filowitz attacks the notion that American interventions overseas are to credit for the unprecedented civil uprisings.

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 » iPod is My Co-Pilot - Dan Filowitz continues his column with a look at Four Tet, random acts of violence and the unity (or not) of the two.

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 » The Soap Box #1 - Even if absolutely nothing is changed about the funding of the system for the next forty years, Dan Filowitz can assure you that Social Security will be there for you.

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 » iPod is My Co-Pilot - Dan Filowitz embarks on a new column dedicated to the iPod, a new digital companion for the 21st century.

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 » Forgotten Favorites - Dan Filowitz revisits an album that calls to mind windmills, traffic jams, and convertible rental cars.

POLITICS

 » New American Anthem - "The Star Spangled Banner" needs to be retired. It has served Americans pretty well over the course of the past hundred years or so, but now, more than ever, it is time for a change.