Emily Badger

The Ten Most Random Signs at the Rally to Restore Sanity

The Ten Most Random Signs at the Rally to Restore Sanity

If these posters are any indication, Jon Stewart's rally this weekend was a lot of things to a lot of people. Here are 10 fun ones we spotted.

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What Was the Real Message from Jon Stewart's Rally?

What Was the Real Message from Jon Stewart's Rally?

Much was said before the event, but now that it's occurred, what is the takeaway? What was the Rally to Restore Sanity, anyway?

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Why Is Jon Stewart Pretending the Rally to Restore Sanity Is Apolitical?

Why Is Jon Stewart Pretending the Rally to Restore Sanity Is Apolitical?

A GOOD writer, on the eve of Jon Stewart's big "million moderate march" rally in Washington, contemplates the event's curious messaging.

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Eight Successful People Doing Exactly What They Want

Eight Successful People Doing Exactly What They Want

What do a flea-market ringleader, a popsicle maker, and an architecture nerd have in common? They have built successful careers doing what they like.

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Getting It Right: What Is Brad Pitt Really Doing for New Orleans?

Getting It Right: What Is Brad Pitt Really Doing for New Orleans?

When Brad Pitt showed up to help fix New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, it raised hope—and eyebrows. Is his high-design, low-income green housing...

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Rest Stop Closures Continue, Continue to Be Unpopular

The steady disappearance of roadside rest stops-a sad chapter in American car culture I chronicled for GOOD last summer-now has would-be bathroom...

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The Patriots

How do you erect an entire museum to an idea as divisive and abstract as patriotism? A trip to Atlanta's newest tourist attraction invites the...

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Rest Stops, R.I.P.

Rest Stops, R.I.P.

For decades, states have defined themselves through their charming roadside rest stops. Now, they're losing ground to supersized highway...

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Blow Up the Manhattan Project

Blow Up the Manhattan Project

When someone says we need a new Manhattan Project, do they really mean what they think they mean? Tom Brokaw posed one of the savviest...

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