Tag: politics
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March 02, 2008 06:54 PM EST --
Most of us will never know the inside of a war correspondent's job. We should be thankful that veteran war correspondent Martin Fletcher has done that for us.
Fletcher is currently serving as NBC . . . more
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December 02, 2007 01:39 PM EST --
George Corneliussen
Imagine running into someone you used to know fairly well, but haven't seen for decades. Then imagine what it would be like if that person began reminding you of all . . . more
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March 04, 2008 07:40 AM EST --
A review of "Breaking News "
Author : Martin Fletcher
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Press
Before I even cracked the cover of " Breaking News", I Googled . . . more
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March 25, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
Cape Wind by Robert Whitcomb and Wendy Williams
Cape Wind delves deep into the politics surrounding Jim Gordon and his proposal to build 130 offshore wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. . . . more
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April 22, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
"As the nation enters a new era of populism and progressive politics, it cries out for journalists who play hardball with facts, not spin."
Now that oil commands a record $117 a barrel, . . . more
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December 24, 2007 05:17 PM EST --
Khaled Hosseini has written one of the most powerful stories I have read in a long time. I had seen this book advertised online, and had heard about it from friends and family. Finally, . . . more
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March 27, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
Kidnapped by Gnomes ( www.kidnappedbygnomes.com )
By Kathy Peterson
Webcomic artist Kathy Peterson was a couple of tables down from us at the recent Small Press & Alternative Comics . . . more
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August 19, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
Today I bought my Aussie,
Black leather bad guy hat.
Black is for bad guys,
because that's who I am
Deep within, and bad guys have fun,
and get the girls! Listen to Johnny Cash! . . . more
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June 05, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
The author of "The Kite Runner" brings us a second novel that is as sure to touch your heart as it is to help readers understand Afghan culture over the past several decades. . . . more
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October 24, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
My daughter's school has been promoting a books-on-tape approach to helping the younger readers try their hand at harder books. Tonight she brought home "Duck for President" . . . more
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June 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
I will open this discharge of provocative thought and statement with the observation that many WILL take offense! This isn't a straight attack on your Own Concept of National Identity, . . . more
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July 19, 2008 09:01 AM EDT --
It would seem that strange things are afoot in my life as a Sydneyite. At this time, as a Witch Broom apears in the front yard tree, the Pope is visiting Sydney. Our city and streets are full of . . . more
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August 09, 2008 06:39 AM EDT --
After exacting screening for approapriate competitors and Medalists ENTIRE WEIGHT LIFTING COMPETITION (all catagories & divisions)-CANCELLED
LATE BREAKING NEWS-China objects
EXPLANATION OF . . . more
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June 19, 2008 09:15 AM EDT --
I was eating at one of our Food Halls in one of those larger Shopping Malls that frequently invade our Western City lives. Across the way was a Newsagent with the latest Edition of our . . . more
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June 05, 2008 09:46 PM EDT --
I have been told that if I want something, to say so. I want to find the audience for my illustrated children's book, Willie's Dad. It is self published on LULU.com, and I am posting the full story . . . more
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May 19, 2008 08:32 AM EDT --
Firstly, I believe that Australians have the reputation for swearing. This may or may not be true, Australia is reputedly "the most Conservative" of the British Commonwealth Nations, however, . . . more
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April 12, 2008 09:21 AM EDT --
As far as I am aware prior to White Settlements (First Fleet 1788) the Australian Mainland Fauna's mammaliam population consisted only of Marsupials and two Monotreme Species, except for Man, Dogs . . . more
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May 21, 2008 09:19 AM EDT --
In recent years News has broken here of the fight to survive by the Island State of Tasmania's other large carnivore the Tasmanian Devil. Americans and the World are more familiar perhaps with the . . . more
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June 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT --
NOTE: I was moved to write this poem immediately after my visit to a place I lived in once for nearly a year. Incredibly beautiful and tranqil, the Congewai Valley via Cessnock NSW Australia, is a thinner . . . more
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May 01, 2008 09:00 PM EDT --
Here I am, again being reminded of the joys of meandering along the Golf Courses of Australia when my ball lands in the light rough, sits up at the pinnacle of a little mount on top of a small . . . more
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