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Monsters University’s New Logo: A Little Sophomoric

I know everyone’s rankings of Pixar’s best movies are all wrong except mine, but I hope we can agree that Monsters, Inc. clocks in near the top of the list. Keep your self-important WALL *E and your maudlin Finding Nemo ; I think the imagination of Monsters, Inc (and that insane door world) bests them both. Now that you’ve agreed, let’s observe the logo for the 2012 sequel Monsters University . It better be temporary.

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Monsters University’s New Logo: A Little Sophomoric

What’s the Matter with Massachusetts?

In which a born-and-raised, dyed-in-the-wool Boston liberal (transplanted to New York) tries to make sense of the big old hulking electoral mess that is his home state right now. Whenever my dad, an American history professor at Boston College, mentions the big ancient bad that was Richard Nixon, he always smiles and says “Did I ever tell you that I had a bumper sticker that said ‘Don’t Blame Me, I’m from Massachusetts’?” And, yes, of course he has told me lots of times.

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What’s the Matter with Massachusetts?