Sweater vest as contraception: the solution to the birth-control debate? At Moment's symposium on the intersection of humor and politics Sunday night, comedian and honoree Paula Poundstone told the standing-room-only crowd her feelings on former presidential candidate Rick Santorum's political agenda: "Someone like Santorum who wants to tell everyone what to do with their personal life, those kind of people kind of creep me out...He kept saying that he was against contraception, but he kept wearing that sweater vest. The hypocrisy there bothered me." Poundstone wasn't the only one to weigh in on the issues of the day. New York Times columnist David Brooks recounted that the beleaguered David Petraeus "walks around in his pocket with these coins, these metal things, and they're his Medals of Excellence, and he says, 'I think you're excellent, have a...

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