The American Scene

An ongoing review of politics and culture


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October 2009
20: 100 Yards is a purely subjective measure of success {10} by Matt Feeney
02: Fortuna has been a bad girl {2} by Matt Feeney
September 2009
28: Don't talk about loyalty {3} by Matt Feeney
11: On The Abuse of a tone of Seriousness {5} by Matt Feeney
July 2009
07: Yo, MT Raps {1} by Matt Feeney
03: Alexis Arguello, RIP {6} by Matt Feeney
June 2009
08: What is a lay-up, anyway? {12} by Matt Feeney
04: The Geopolitics of Nice Speeches {7} by Matt Feeney
May 2009
04: Talking in Class {3} by Matt Feeney
April 2009
16: Speaking of Hipsters {7} by Matt Feeney
10: She really wrote this, hard news ed. {2} by Matt Feeney
10: He really wrote this {1} by Matt Feeney
09: Poor quality, well-defined {9} by Matt Feeney
06: Family news {1} by Matt Feeney
March 2009
22: Tuning back in {5} by Matt Feeney
18: Moving to Hamsterdam {8} by Matt Feeney
11: Glad tidings {6} by Matt Feeney
11: In praise of fake realism {3} by Matt Feeney
February 2009
22: The Oscars, handicapped {0} by Matt Feeney
January 2009
25: Lamented Injections {0} by Matt Feeney
14: Race with Hua Hsu {9} by Matt Feeney
November 2008
23: The Bowl Championship Sucky Ending {6} by Matt Feeney
12: I've had a dream {13} by Matt Feeney
05: Gone around the Corner {13} by Matt Feeney
02: The Future of History {3} by Matt Feeney
October 2008
30: Recriminations {5} by Matt Feeney
29: Spreading the aspersions {13} by Matt Feeney
28: Dubious Campaign Choices (final week ed.) {17} by Matt Feeney
28: Helpful Hints {4} by Matt Feeney
26: Wages of cosmopolitanism {3} by Matt Feeney
02: Taking bets on Palin-Biden {30} by Matt Feeney
01: "Fringe" brings the stupid {4} by Matt Feeney
September 2008
25: Help with a basic question {24} by Matt Feeney
23: Summer Movie Rap-Up {2} by Matt Feeney
14: DFW, R.I.P. {3} by Matt Feeney
13: We're all doctrinally impure {12} by Matt Feeney
09: Our Marriages of Choice {8} by Matt Feeney
01: Baby booms {3} by Matt Feeney
August 2008
24: Detroit's losses {4} by Matt Feeney
21: Getting with the program {19} by Matt Feeney
12: Chicken-head Johnston {4} by Matt Feeney
July 2008
18: Living in the future {1} by Matt Feeney
15: Maximizing GNP {1} by Matt Feeney
06: Scenes from the East Bay {0} by Matt Feeney
03: Hancock, weird but not meta {0} by Matt Feeney
02: Some Douthat guy wrote something {0} by Matt Feeney
June 2008
16: McCain and the Art of Speaking {0} by Matt Feeney
May 2008
27: Warning: Explicit Lyrics (Seriously) {1} by Matt Feeney
09: On Point {3} by Matt Feeney
April 2008
21: The Mila Conundrum (not a thriller) {3} by Matt Feeney
08: Fish Spins Derrida (in his grave) {11} by Matt Feeney
March 2008
31: Like a discipline (without the discipline) {1} by Matt Feeney
February 2008
09: Lashing back on Juno, etc. {0} by Matt Feeney
January 2008
18: Pretentious attention {4} by Matt Feeney
08: Miss College Football 2008 is...LSU! {3} by Matt Feeney
01: The Goddess Juno {2} by Matt Feeney
December 2007
31: Kristol, lite {3} by Matt Feeney
November 2007
26: U is a brand, too {0} by Matt Feeney
26: Baumbachery {1} by Matt Feeney
20: Street fightin' Burkeans {2} by Matt Feeney
16: Cold War Values {12} by Matt Feeney
10: Norman Mailer, RIPped {2} by Matt Feeney
05: The Dead Hand {0} by Matt Feeney
October 2007
18: Teacher Ed, Mr. Ed to you {2} by Matt Feeney
17: Mad TV Revisited {1} by Matt Feeney