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Makenna Goodman: What Book is Hugo Chávez Reading?
To the ecological principle that was so useful at the time we first became aware-- "Think globally; act locally"--we must add the principle that the present situation imposes: "Consume less; share better."
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It's four days before
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This, love it or hate it, is what progress looks like
Doris Kearns Goodwin, that vignette-filled student of presidential history and old-school liberalism, appeared on MSNBC last night and presented a -- the -- comprehensive defense for Barack Obama: He was indeed a transformative candidate carried to
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The Filson Historical society keeps track of the past, looks forward to the future
Fresh from his adventures in the badlands of North Dakota, young Theodore Roosevelt needed primary sources for an ambitious project. In early 1888, as he embarked on the research for his monumental four-volume history of the early frontier, The Winning
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Today In History January 4, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Today is Monday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2010. There are 361 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 4, 1960, Algerian-born French author and philosopher Albert Camus died in an automobile accident in
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Overkill?(What Can I Say?)
Christmas mostly meant books. Hence I found myself at 9 p.m. last night, with the Tinmouth VT temperature already down to -8°F by, sitting across from the fire with, yes, no less than 11 new books on the coffee table beside me:
Piracy: The Intellectual
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Guests For The Sunday TV News Shows
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ABC's "This Week" - John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism; Sens. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, and Susan Collins, R-Maine; Reps. Jane Harman, D-Calif., and Pete Hoekstra,
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week": John Brennan,
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The talk shows
Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY WTTG, 9 a.m. Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.) and John O. Brennan , assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. STATE OF THE UNION CNN, 9 a.m.
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Today in History - Jan. 4
Today is Monday, Jan. 4, the fourthday of 2010. There are 361 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan.
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E.J. Dionne: Pass The Health Care Plan So We Can Figure Out What's In It
It was Sunday, so it was Meet The Press (one more reason to
sleep in). And Wash Post columnist E.J. Dionne dished about
flagging support for the health care plan among us rubes what's
actually going to pay for it. His advice to a weary,
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Watson works her magic for Burberry
Busy as she is at Brown, Emma Watson (top center) hasn’t completely abandoned her acting career. The Brit better known as Harry Potter’s pal Hermione Granger in movies based on J.K. Rowlings’s best-selling books is featured in Burberry’s new ad
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Laura Bush to speak at Ivy Tech event in April
INDIANAPOLIS Former first lady Laura Bush will be the featured speaker this spring at a forum that has turned into Ivy Tech Community College's signature annual event.
Her speech will focus on literacy a cause dear to her heart during Ivy Tech's
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Ken Burns to update baseball film
think we’re thrilled to be able to report that we are on the backside of the story," he added.
WALPOLE, N.H. -- Distinguished filmmaker Ken Burns is taking one of his classic pieces out of the vault to update the series for 2010.
Burns, the Walpole
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Four Horsemen of the Apopcalypse – Pop culture references in The Colbert Report: January 4-7, 2010
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs
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The Long View: Three aspects of the presidency
Three aspects of the presidency
Three aspects of the presidency
LISTENING to last Saturday’s Presidential forum in De La Salle Zobel, where Benigno Aquino III, Richard Gordon, Gilbert Teodoro and Manuel Villar Jr. answered a series of punchy questions expertly presented by Mike
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Things to see in Dublin
Our photo galleries are filled with pictures of Ireland and pictures of Irish celebrities. Some of the best Ireland pictures we have are of the Boyne Valley, which is a World Heritage Site in County Meath, Republic of Ireland and is one of the largest
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Finding Great Nonfiction
By Cynthia Crossen Personally speaking, fiction bores me to tears, and I would venture to say it bores millions of others. I read your Dec. 4 column looking for some nonfiction thoughts, and you butchered it, quickly moving on to fiction. You owe it to
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Palin Says She'll Write Another Book; "Team of Rivals" Is Her Favorite
If you liked "Going Rogue," or at least all the fanfare around it, you're in luck: Sarah Palin says she'll write another book at some point. In a Q&A with Fox fans earlier this week, Palin was asked whether she'll write another book soon. She responded:
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In my library: Amber Valletta
For Amber Valletta, Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays With Morrie” was more than a good read — it gave her the name of her son. She read it when she was pregnant, enjoying the stories and the quotes that prefaced them. One struck her as particularly profound.
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Following in JFK's Footsteps
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In some ways, Obama has outperformed Kennedy, the president to whom he’s most often compared. But Doris Kearns Goodwin argues his gains are offset by
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Obama Grade From Historians Will Drop Without Health-Care Bill
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Five of the U.S. historians whose insights President Barack Obama sought at a dinner last summer give him grades averaging a B-plus for his first year in office if his push for health-care legislation succeeds.
Obama’s handling
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Photo guide to 10 of Ireland's finest castles
Our photo galleries are filled with pictures of Ireland and pictures of Irish celebrities. Some of the best Ireland pictures we have are of the Boyne Valley, which is a World Heritage Site in County Meath, Republic of Ireland and is one of the largest
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Alexander Dresner: The Problem With Cable News: Revisited
This is a follow-up to a piece I wrote for Huffington Post back in August in which I took aim at cable news shows for their lack of on-air diversity, particularly with respect to the average age of guests and to ethnic make-up. Here, the attack resumes
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Massachusetts: From Blue State to Brown State
With the stunning victory of Scott Brown over Martha Coakley in the special election for Massachusetts Senator coming on the heels of stunning state upsets in Virginia and New Jersey, there can be no more denial. The people of Massachusetts have
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Carol Hoenig: It All Started with a Book and a Curious Little Girl
"It helps you not to make the same mistakes and you learn why your country was made. It helps us understand ourselves better. For example, I learned from studying Abe Lincoln that it is important to be honest. From Anne Frank I learned that it was
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Probst straddles line between inspiration and exploitation
"Nothing so concentrates one's mind so much as the realization that one is going to be hanged in the morning." So wrote 18th-century wit Samuel Johnson, and his words still ring true. The urge to savor every hour often arrives only when we realize that
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What's On Tonight: Bones, Supernatural, Winter X Games, Ace of Cakes
Here's the TV lineup for tonight (all times Eastern).
Check your local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Syfy has a Star Trek: Enterprise marathon all night.
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Deep End.
CBS has Live
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Comment: Obama's 2nd year message
Blair's State of the Union address included a pledge to listen to the American people.
Obama uses State of the Union address to begin bid to regain lost supportObama personally liked by Americans but his performance ratings have slippedObama admits
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Healthcare Reform: It's Complicated
I still don't understand why, with things like healthcare reform, they don't say "Here's the four things that are broken." If you have a preexisting condition, we're going to fix that. They don't let us negotiate drug prices. We'll fix that. We'll
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New York Women in Communications Announces Presenters for the 2010 Matrix Awards
-- Susan Chira, foreign editor, The New York Times;Presented by Jill
Abramson, managing editor, The New York Times
-- Sheryl Crow, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter; Presented by
Mariska Hargitay, actress, "Law & Order: SVU,"president and
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Commentary: It's time to end 'Don't ask, don't tell'
I'm not sure if my father was drafted into the Army in World War II or if he enlisted. But one thing I'm sure of is that he looked back on those days with a degree of frustration.
Once, during the civil rights movement, he spoke of the indignity he
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Plagiarism at the Daily Beast: Gerald Posner concedes lifting from the Miami Herald.
Veteran journalist Gerald Posner acknowledged today that he copied five sentences from a Miami Herald article this week for a piece he wrote for the Daily Beast. The Daily Beast appended an editor's note to the beginning of Posner's piece today,
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Classic review: A. Lincoln
[This review from the Monitor's archives originally ran on Feb. 9, 2009.] This month marks the 200th anniversary of our greatest president’s birth. So it is perhaps inevitable that another flood of Lincoln biographies is upon us.
Some 60 titles have
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Black History Month Open Thread
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in
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Pondering a Congress without Kennedys
So, has the dream died?
Patrick Kennedy’s unexpected decision not to seek reelection to the US House prompted widespread reflection yesterday on how swiftly the political climate had changed, from the adulation for Edward M. Kennedy after his death to
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Presidents' Day History: The Must-Reads Of Presidential Biographies (PHOTOS, POLL)
The recent success of such award-winning and bestselling presidential biographies as "American Lion" by Jon Meacham, "John Adams" by David McCullough as well as Doris Kearns Goodwin's portrait of Lincoln's Cabinet, "Team of Rivals", are all tributes to
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Presidents in Comic Books #16: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln! The man named after the Land of Lincoln, the inventor of the stovepipe hat, and the model for the original Lincoln Logs! Manhunter from the future, sworn and dedicated to protect the timeline at all costs, even if it should mean the
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Give students a reality check: Assign more nonfiction books.
I am not dismissing the delights of Twain, Crane, Buck, Saroyan and Wilder, all of which I read in high school. But I think I also would have enjoyed Theodore H. White, John Hersey, Barbara Tuchman and Bruce Catton if they had been assigned.
Could that
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From the WSJ Opinion Archives
The candidates weren't the only ones burdened by the duty to meet expectations in the now mercifully ended first debate. The commentators were, too. Two minutes into the postdebate summaries it was clear, from the glazed eyes and tentative murmurs of
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Book Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Can there be anything left to learn about the 16th president of the United States? Er, maybe. goes where the renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin might fear to tread, suggesting that…well...the Civil War was fought to rid this great
nation of a
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Review: Lincoln as vampire hunter? Eh
Author Seth Grahame-Smith provides an alternate history in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" suggests the Civil War was fought to rid the nation of vampiresAbraham Lincoln is depicted as hero, with vampires being the
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I did what most parents would have
I am writing in response to a letter by Webster Larkin in which he attacked my integrity for taking a legal deduction on my federal income tax.
The deduction applies to legislators in all 50 states who live more than 50 miles from their statehouse. Had
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The Internet and the Agora
The blogosphere seems to be flushing the mainstream downstream. The blowback is venomous and not a pretty sight. Media stars, especially, are fighting a vicious rearguard action against the inevitable. The rise of the internet and the fall of
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20 questions: Martha Stewart
In 1997, after a career as a lifestyle and cookery presenter and writer, the original "domestic goddess" founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a lifestyle media empire spanning magazines, books, television programmes and websites as well as products
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Burton and Bekmambetov Go Vampire Hunting with Lincoln
Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland), Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) and Jim Lemley are teaming to produce a big screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's new book "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," which was released in stores today. Burton, Bekmambetov and
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Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov Elect ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
Directors Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) are re-uniting to produce a film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s latest novel, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (the two previous paired to produce Shane Acker’s animated film, 9) For those who don’
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The Battle for Abe Lincoln's Soul
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A new vampire novel has excited—and divided--scholars of the 16th president. Samuel P. Jacobs on Lincoln’s ghoulish memorabilia, and the brewing civil
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her ‘affairs’ with presidents
She had long-term relationships with FDR, JFK and LBJ.
She still nurses a crush on Abraham Lincoln.
She’s currently involved with Teddy Roosevelt.
Where: Festival of the Arts Boca, Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center. Goodwin will interview her husband,
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Ex-secretary of state to be honored in K.C.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) Former secretary of state James A. Baker III will be honored next month during a fundraiser for the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.
Baker will receive the Harry S. Truman Legacy of Leadership Award on April 8 during the
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Harkin and Moran share fondness for kids’ books
That’s because the lawmaker is a volunteer reading mentor,
along with his colleague, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), and Education
Secretary Arne Duncan, for a group called Everybody Wins! D.C., a
District literacy program that pairs volunteers and
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NFL commissioner to speak at UMass Lowell commencement
LOWELL — National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell will be the commencement speaker at the University of Massachusetts Lowell graduation Saturday, May 29, at the Tsongas Center.
Goodell also will accept a posthumous Doctor of Humane Letters
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Me, Myself and I
Writing from the inside out is much more difficult. In no time I can
bang out a paragraph or two about my family, or friends, or complete
strangers who spark my curiosity, but writing something about myself is
far more challenging. Being asked to put
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New book casts Abraham Lincoln as a vampire hunter
— On a recent afternoon, Tom Schwartz, the state historian of Illinois, greeted Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of "The Big Book of Porn." They shook hands in the lobby of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, then crossed the street to the
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Five Hundred Thirty Five Reasons for Our Current Predicament
If you are right, (and I think you are) then we have to change the Senate. Have to.
People died because of their egos?
But, he has the Rahmatollah who can appear naked in the shower and force even the manliest of men to do things they don’t want to do.
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New book casts Abraham Lincoln as a vampire hunter
He had flown in from Los Angeles for the day, to start the tour for his latest best-seller, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." He was starting the tour at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum at the request of the Abraham Lincoln
