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Quips Pro Quo Archive April 2016

2016-04-29 9:56 AM

“Now you are well served for coming to fight in favour of the American Rebels, all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, by catching that ... read more
Normal America Is Not a Small Town of White People 2016-04-28 3:02 PM

Jed Kolko writing for FiveThirtyEight: “We all, of course, have our own notions of what real America looks like. Those notions might be ... read more
Just When I Thought I Was Out… They Pull Me Back In, (Campaign Email Edition) 2016-04-27 1:17 PM

You buy one lousy pair of pint glasses (as a gift!) and all of a sudden you’re flooded with email after email. What is it with Hillary ... read more
Android Faces Monopoly Claims as Its Users Tackle an Abundance of Choices 2016-04-27 11:28 AM

Farhad Manjoo writing for The New York Times: “Consider, for instance, the market for messaging apps. Google runs a messaging service ... read more
Matzah Ball Soup 2016-04-26 11:01 PM

Featuring rampy matzah balls, of course.
Rampy Matzah Brei 2016-04-26 1:14 AM

Rampfest 2016 does not stop for unleavened bread.
Whole Hog Breakdown 2016-04-23 8:39 PM

It might not be the most traditional way to celebrate Passover, but Underground Meats’ whole hog breakdown class, which April gave me for ... read more
The Real Deal 2016-04-22 7:19 PM

Paul Westerberg remembers Prince to Rolling Stone: “My first recollection of seeing him was a dress rehearsal for one of his early tours. I ... read more
Experimental Neotraditionalists to the End 2016-04-21 1:36 PM

In 2014, Richard Gehr ranked 333 for Spin: “By nearly any criteria except, perhaps, record sales and radio play, Phish is the Grand Canyon ... read more
Ramp Congee 2016-04-21 12:02 AM

I’m more of an Instagram cooker than a food blogger, but Kevin asked for a recipe. Annnnnd of course there really wasn’t a recipe. Nor do I ... read more