June 21, 2005

Bill Santiago

Political satire?every so often?from a recovering journalist

Illustration: <a href="http://www.zachtrenholm.com/" target="new"><b>Zach Trenholm</b></a>

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Like a Conspiracy Virgin
By Bill Santiago
Musings on the Material Girl Matrix
June 21, 2006

Cramming for the Code
By Bill Santiago
Pulling an all-nighter reading ‘Da Vinci,’ before seeing the movie.
May 2, 2006

Trading Faces
By Bill Santiago
Labrador Prompts Transplant Breakthrough
February 7, 2006

World Braces For New Car Smell
By Bill Santiago
While Cubs Fans Weep Over Chicago Victory
November 3, 2005

A Category-Five Q&A from “Pond Zero”
By Bill Santiago
My exclusive interview with an anonymous high-ranking senior official.
September 28, 2005

Jihadlympics and the Summer Wind
By Bill Santiago
OK, maybe I got a kinda Jack Bauer/Walter Mitty complex.
July 31, 2005

Freedom Starts at the Cookie Jar
By Bill Santiago
Why I’m going to pitch a new reality show called “The Deadliest Batch”
June 30, 2005

Children of a Lesser Prefrontalasaurus
By Bill Santiago
Intelligent design — my favorite impulse buy.
June 13, 2005

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We just wrapped up a shorter-than-normal, urgent-as-ever fundraising drive and we came up about $45,000 short of our $300,000 goal.

That means we're going to have upwards of $350,000, maybe more, to raise in online donations between now and June 30, when our fiscal year ends and we have to get to break-even. And even though there's zero cushion to miss the mark, we won't be all that in your face about our fundraising again until June.

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