{"id":14741,"date":"2011-12-30T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14741"},"modified":"2011-12-30T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T21:25:28","slug":"the-fifteen-most-popular-alas-posts-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14741","title":{"rendered":"The Fifteen Most Popular “Alas” Posts of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because why not?<\/p>\n

Consider this an open thread. I’d love to hear about people’s plans for the new year.<\/p>\n

My thanks to everyone, blogger or commenter, who has participated in “Alas” in 2011. For all the flaws, frustrations, and occasional lost temper or passing troll, I think “Alas” has one of the better comment sections I’ve seen on any blog. (But then, the comments section here has been to a large degree shaped by my preferences, so it figures I’d think that, doesn’t it?)<\/p>\n

I wish each and every one of us a happy 2012!<\/p>\n

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  1. No, You Aren\u2019t Amber Cole\u2019s Father<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. An Open Letter to the Left<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Never Argue With an Idiot. They Drag You Down to Their Level.<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Cartoon: The Ten Stupidest Objections to the Occupy Wall Street Movement<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Do They Really Believe Abortion Is Murder?<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Psychology Today Publishes “Scientist” Who Claims Black Women Are Ugly<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. We Are The 99 Percent<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Why Choice For Men is Wrong<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Cartoon: The Wage Gap and Women\u2019s Choices<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. A world without unions<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Fair is fair: Kindergarten and the American Dream<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. More On The Boundaries Of Feminism: Can You Be Pro-Life And Feminist?<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Mandolin on Sex Neutrality and Call-Outs, with Lots of Decorative Swearing<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Political cartoon: Unemployment, Democrats vs Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Uterus? You Hardly Know Us!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Impressively, Maia’s recent post “On Change And Accountability<\/a>” nearly made the list, and doubtless would have if it didn’t have the statistical poor fortune to be posted in late December.<\/p>\n

    Congrats to Jeff for being so well-read! And to the rest of us, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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