Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (4/11/17)
Some weeks the news headlines are like the scarabs in a Brendan Fraser mummy movie.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (4/4/17)
The news outlets are like that kid who keeps pulling the fire alarm. You can't ignore them completely because you might miss something important.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (3/28/17)
The weekly news cycle like a wiki -- you can never tell what's based on fact and what's been made up by trolls.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (3/21/17)
Just when you think you've got the news media matrix figured out, somebody reboots it.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (3/14/17)
Keeping up with meaningful news stories is like trying to follow a pre-dawn Twitter rant. No reasonable person can be expected to make sense of it all.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (3/7/17)
Keeping up with meaningful news stories is like trying to find an M&M in a Skittles factory.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (2/28/17)
Keeping up with the news is like shopping at a big box store. It's busy, it's confusing, and there's just so much of everything.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (2/21/17)
The news is like the endless, vaguely terrifying disclaimers at the end of a prescription drug commercial.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (2/14/17)
The weekly news cycle is like a giant box of Conversation Hearts -- some of it makes sense, but the rest is indecipherable garbage.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (2/7/17)
This week we rolled out our weekly news feature like the good SuperBowl ads -- a few at a time, spread out over time.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/31/17)
The weekly news cycle is like a Shia LaBeouf performance piece.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/24/17)
No reasonable person can stay sane keeping up with every headline, which is why we're doing it for you.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/17/17)
Keeping up with the news is like trying to build pyramids out of sand.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/10/17)
Keeping up with the news is like trying to decipher a 'Westworld' timeline.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/3/17)
We're not sure how to tell you this, but while you were off having a holiday, the news kept happening. And happening.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (12/20/16)
Keeping up with the news is like going to the mall on December 20. It's frantic, you can never find what you're looking for, and there's always someone screaming.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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Insane Things That Happened This Week (In 2016)
The weekly news cycle is like a fast food restaurant ball pit -- colorful, exciting, and surprisingly full of crap.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (12/6/16)
The media seems to exist in some kind of bizarro universe where nothing is canon.
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- By Ted E., Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (11/22/16)
Let's face it: These days, the news is less about information and more about turning people into outrage junkies.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (11/15/16)
Look, we get it. Between the news' blind spots and the resulting mayhem on social sites, you're probably having media-related trust issues right now.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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