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Roger and Me

APRIL 5, 2013 8:15PM

Topics: meet the press, roger ebert, tim russert, wall street journal, university of chicago, sun-times, urbana, chaz ebert, chicago tribune, gene siskel, abraham lincoln, david wain, chris weitz, beyond the valley of the dolls, russ meyer, new york times, twitter, facebook, cancer

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Things Fall Apart: How Chinua Achebe Opened My Eyes

MARCH 22, 2013 4:06PM

By Rebecca Sarwate

Topics: sesame street, adam and eve, manifest destiny, new york times, diet coke, mtv, aids, lucy the australopithecus, internatioonal baccalaureate program, cold war, reagan, things fall apart, chinua achebe

12 Ratings
820 Views
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I'm Getting Fing Tired of all these Fing Drones!

FEBRUARY 10, 2013 8:07PM

By Man Talk Now

Topics: dronification of america, where will it all end?, fiocci plastic pellet, mossberg 590, trillionaire, zuckerberg, denmark, us virgin islands, bloomberg, donald trump, lindsay lohan, justin bieber, tmz, cnn, new york times, fox news, disney, boeing, apple, samsung, north korea, vietnam, burma, national park service, inyourfacebook, facebook, google drone, google, aclu, high-speed chases, police forces, unmanned aerial systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, uavs, uav, drones

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China Hackers Attack U.S.

FEBRUARY 2, 2013 12:25AM

By Gregory H Bontrager

Topics: add common tags…, science, politics, news, economy, business, technology, ciber spying, new york times, china

0 Ratings
76 Views
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Nate Silver, You Are My Rock (an ode)

NOVEMBER 5, 2012 7:53AM

By stan sinberg

Topics: new york times, ny times, poem, humor, comedy, presidential election, polls, florida, ohio, swing states, barack obama, mitt romney, 538.com, fivethirtyeight.com, nate silver

4 Ratings
394 Views
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It's Official: Times Acknowledges al Qaeda Role in Syria

OCTOBER 19, 2012 6:08PM

By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall

Topics: veto, syrian rebels, syria, sibel edmonds, security council, saudi arabia, russia, qatar, new york times, islamic jihadists, cia, china, boiling frogs, assad, al qaeda

5 Ratings
325 Views
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Ordinary Angels: Hospice and the Art of Dying with Dignity

OCTOBER 11, 2012 12:00PM

By Sean Murphy

Topics: new york times, bill keller, cancer, hospice

28 Ratings
764 Views
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I Guess I’m Not a Genius

OCTOBER 7, 2012 11:34AM

By AtHomePilgrim

Topics: howdy everybody, help me alex you're my only hope, drudge, work, work, work, publishers clearinghouse won't clear the way, bond james bond, google-eyes, refrigerator art, sothebys, hey jerry how 'bout them cowboys?, university of phoenix rising from the ashes, oxford university isn't pressing, republicants, democrams, probably buddhists wouldn't agree with it though, that's actually a declarative sentence when you think about it, reality shows, survivor, project runway, top chef, oscar with a registered trademark symbol, academy of motion picture arts and sciences, national book award, bud selig, baseball hall of fame, nobel prize, cbs, obama, cnn, msnbc, foxnews, new york times, macarthur foundation, poor excuse for satire, satire

8 Ratings
804 Views
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The US Military Returns to Iraq

OCTOBER 3, 2012 5:34PM

By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall

Topics: training missions, syria, special operations, obama, nobel peace prize, new york times, iraq, counter terrorism, afghanistan

9 Ratings
943 Views
15 Comments

World's Seas Now Human-Infested, Sharks Say

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 6:49PM

By Man Talk Now

Topics: men, women, sharks, shark attack, shark finning, shark-infested, shark-infested waters, shark fin soup, stupid monkeys, genocide, new york times, dumb lazy writing

22 Ratings
927 Views
28 Comments

An Astonishingly Weak Candidate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 9:26PM

By Steve Klingaman

Topics: politics, presidential campaign, 2012, mitt romney, barack obama, 47%, people who pay no income tax, mother jones magazine expose, david corn, roberton williams, tax policy center, new york times, “video shows romney dismissing 47% who pay no income tax”, campaign gaffes, j. christopher stevens death

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8 Ratings
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Losing GOP in denial over own failures

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

By Ted Frier

Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

0 Ratings
219 Views
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Interview with Jack L. Brody, author of The Moroni Deception

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 3:32AM

By Mayra Calvani

Topics: thriller, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the davinci code, salt lake city, presidential election, new york times, mystery, mormon history, mormon, mitt romney, latter day saints, jack l. brody, fiction, conspiracy

0 Ratings
40 Views
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Turkish Schools Offer Pakistan a Gentler Vision of Islam

AUGUST 28, 2012 1:34PM

By Real Truth

Topics: gulen movement, gulen schools, gulen schools in pakistan, hakan yavuz, hizmet movement, gulen charter schools, new york times

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Everybody Pays for It

AUGUST 28, 2012 1:22PM

By IndieReaderGrrl

Topics: new york times, indie books, self-published books, 50 shades of grey

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129 Views
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The Early Result of the DREAM Act

AUGUST 16, 2012 12:21AM

By Rita Heidtman

Topics: illegal immigrants, immigration, jan brewer, new york times, nyt, social justice, dream act, politics, open call

1 Ratings
507 Views
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Swapping Haiti lives: Interview on US Haiti Exploits

JULY 26, 2012 11:17AM

By Ezili Danto

Topics: ezili dantò, us imperialism, disaster capitalism, obama, bill clinton, hillary clinton, new york times, sweatshops, haiti earthquake, false ngo charity, haiti oil, haiti gold, newmont mining, vcs mining

1 Ratings
352 Views
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Bel Kaufman is 101 and Still Writing

JULY 25, 2012 7:00AM

By joanpgage

Topics: vogue, up the down staircase, sholem aleichem, russian revolution, open call, new york times, jewish humor, fiddler on the roof, crone of the week, bel kaufman

0 Ratings
267 Views
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The Opposition to the Secure Communities Program

JULY 15, 2012 6:55PM

By Rita Heidtman

Topics: politics, minority rights, discrimination, racial profiling, social justice, immigration rights, aclu, new york law, california law, california legislation, trust act, the l.a. times, new york times, secure communities, illegal immigration

10 Ratings
2104 Views
12 Comments

Corrupt elites? Blame hippies, says David Brooks

JULY 13, 2012 8:26PM

By Ted Frier

Topics: common good, governing, compromise, white christian majority, 1% and 99%, democratic party, conservative movement, republican virtue, anti-semitism, racism, new york times, social responsibility, right wing, welfare state, new deal, tea party, republican party, big city machines, boston brahmin, deep south, new england, glenn beck, french revolution, american revolution, equality, laissez faire, capitalism, american republic, gordon wood, ej dionne, equality, liberty, mitt romney, chris hayes, aristocracy, oligarchy, aristotle, newt gingrich, george w. bush, wall street, community, individualism, founding fathers, civic republicanism, counterculture, elites, corruption, david brooks, meritocracy, sixties, radicalism, hippies, economics, politics