Only they aren't: they're critical. The word "skeptical" functions as a subject complement in this clause. The particular complement here is a predicate adjective: the adjective "skeptical" describes an attribute of the...
Topics: Politics

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Dear Dr. PLEASE LOVE ME PLEASE, I am writing to apply for the position of Associate Professor of AWESOME. I completed my Ph.D. in AWESOME at the University of California, AWESOME, where I specialized in AWESOME and AWESOMER. In addition to pursuing my...
Topics: Academia

{"title":"What cover letters look like to the people who write them.","post_url":"http:\/\/acephalous.typepad.com\/acephalous\/2009\/08\/what-cover-letters-look-like-to-the-people-who-write-them.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Acephalous","author":"acephalous","date":"2009-08-31 19:44:27","summary":"Dear Dr. PLEASE LOVE ME PLEASE, I am writing to apply for the position of Associate Professor of AWESOME. I completed my Ph.D. in AWESOME at the University of California, AWESOME, where I specialized in AWESOME and AWESOMER. In addition to pursuing my..."}

In a belated comment on this post, David Brewster links to a photograph he took that neatly brings the conversation back to the subject of [that other blog where they always post about Muppets]: This image also debunks one of...
Topics: Politics

{"title":"Even if Obama did it (which he didn\u2019t), at least he did it discreetly.","post_url":"http:\/\/acephalous.typepad.com\/acephalous\/2009\/08\/even-if-obama-did-it-which-he-didnt-at-least-he-did-it-discreetly.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Acephalous","author":"acephalous","date":"2009-08-13 16:50:08","summary":"In a belated comment on this post, David Brewster links to a photograph he took that neatly brings the conversation back to the subject of [that other blog where they always post about Muppets]: This image also debunks one of..."}

When I try to secure a position as a 19th Century Americanist at the MLA in December, my most prestigious publication will be about: James Joyce, an Irish expatriate the novel Ulysses, which was not published in the 19th Century...
Topics: James Joyce

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Conservatives are outraged that members of the Service Employees International Union were allowed to attend Representative Russ Carnahan’s town hall, but conservatives were turned away. Similarly, liberals were outraged when they were denied entry to...
Topics: conservative, kenneth gladney, liberal, politics, rush limbaugh, russ carnahan, sean hannity, seiu, service employees international union

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