- celebrities, entertainment
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February 14, 2012
How can you possibly not know? Media outlets have gone into overdrive reporting every detail of the tragedy. Montages of her past performances and music videos have filled the air as heavily airbrushed photos tenderly guide the transition between news report and commercial. ABC news in particular is using a photo of a beatific Whitney {Tags: Whitney Houston} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics
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January 10, 2012
Jodi Kantor claims that her new book, The Obamas, exposes strife in the Obama White House and argues that Michelle Obama did not want to be First Lady. Critics have seized this opportunity to bash Mrs. Obama on many fronts, with a particular fascination about a 2009 Halloween Party for military families: “White House officials {Tags: Carla Bruni, Hiliary Clinton, Jodi Kantor, Johnny Depp, Michelle Obama, Tim Burton} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics
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December 30, 2011
As 2011 comes to an end, it appears that Newt Gingrich may be nearing his sell-by date. As predicted here at the beginning of December, “Gingrich is just the flavor-of-the-month for December.” Today’s poll numbers show Gingrich in fourth place, with 14 percent support. To keep his name in the news, Newt has turned to {Tags: Michelle Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt, Rick Perry} {More...}
- Czech Republic, North Korea, Poland, Russia
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December 21, 2011
Yesterday’s headlines announced the death of former Czech President Vaclav Havel and North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-Il. The news from Pyongyang follows the familiar script of a communist leadership succession. The public was kept unaware of the leader’s declining health and any power struggles were not made public. As his father before him, Kim {Tags: Boris Yeltsin, Dmitry Medvedev, Gorbachev, Kardashian, Kim Jong Eun, Kim Jong Il, Kim Kardashian, Lech Walesa, Medvedev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Putin, Vaclav Havel, Vladimir Putin, Walesa, Yeltsin} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics
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December 12, 2011
Last Friday The Jewish Channel released portions of an interview with Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. The full show will air tonight, December 12. The advance teaser revealed that Gingrich had referred to Palestinians as “invented” people with no legitimate claim to statehood. “Remember, there was no Palestine as a state,” he explained. “It was {Tags: benedict anderson, Gingrich, GOP, imagined communities, Palestine, Republican Party} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics
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December 7, 2011
The latest polls put Newt Gingrich far ahead of Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential field. But when primary season begins next month, will he still be in the lead? In all likelihood, Gingrich is just the flavor-of-the-month for December. Throughout the fall, one GOP contender after another has suddenly jumped to the head of {Tags: Cain, elections, Gingrich, GOP, Republican Party} {More...}
- crime, society
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November 3, 2011
Yesterday a jury convicted Brittany Norwood of first-degree murder for pulverizing her Lululemon co-worker, Jayna Murray. Murray “endured at least 331 stabbing, cutting, beating, and choking wounds,” according to today’s Washington Post. While the grisly details of Murray’s final moments have been well-reported, the most chilling account of the case came from Washington Post columnist {Tags: Apple Store, Bethesda, Brittany Norwood, Genovese Syndrome, Jayna Murray, Lululemon, Petula Dvorak} {More...}
- celebrities, economy, entertainment
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I can’t put it off any longer. I’ve waited for weeks, but now I accept the obvious—I can’t avoid the Kardashian vortex. The great saga of Kim Kardashian filing for divorce after only 72 days of marriage is crowding far more relevant stories out of the national media. Is anybody really surprised by this latest {Tags: Indian giver, Kardashian, Kate Middleton, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Prince William, royal wedding} {More...}
