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When smart people say stupid things

The president is campaigning only in deep blue states where his presence might benefit the local Democrats; in many parts of the country, his appearance, even at an airport press conference, would...

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White man pathology: inside the fandom of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

Stephen Marche goes on a road trip and enters the fray at back-to-back Iowa conventionsand gets a view of US politics from the perspective of his whiteness...

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June 29, 2015 - City Council Meeting Transcript (Filebank) (City of Palo...

(Source: City of Palo Alto, CA) 4943c6910738bb11af31c2.pdf CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL TRANSCRIPT Special Meeting June 29, 2015 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the...

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Fidel Castro is dead

He towered over his Caribbean island for nearly five decades, a shaggy-bearded figure in combat fatigues whose long shadow spread across Latin America and the world. According to the Associated Press,...

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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize divides Irish writers and literary critics

Anne Enright The thing about Dylan, as with Leonard Cohen, is that the words are so much better than the music - I spent years trying to hear them through the drone of his sinuses. There was also the...

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‘I wouldn’t have given Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize’: Irish writers react

Anne Enright The thing about Dylan, as with Leonard Cohen, is that the words are so much better than the music - I spent years trying to hear them through the drone of his sinuses. There was also the...

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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize divides Irish writers and literary critics: updated

Anne Enright The thing about Dylan, as with Leonard Cohen, is that the words are so much better than the music - I spent years trying to hear them through the drone of his sinuses. There was also the...

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The Stacks: How Peter Bogdanovich Shot 'The Last Picture Show'

The director hauled a film crew to Larry McMurtry's home town of Archer City, Texas. Grover Lewis tagged along and wrote one of the best stories about moviemaking ever written. When Francis Ford...

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Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool: the Class of 92, Spice Boys and Cantona’s...

It was a time when Oasis and Blur were making Britannia cool and United’s kids were beginning to bloom. The Spice Boys found the Liverpool groove but, back in October 1995, two sets of talented players...

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'UK was groomed’: Irish writers throw book at Brexit

In an EU referendum campaign marked by mendacity, some of the pithiest truths have been uttered by writers. “If your head says Remain but your heart says Leave, remember that one is specifically...

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UTSA centennial honors renowned, late Congress Henry B. Gonzalez (UTSA - The...

(Source: UTSA - The University of Texas at San Antonio) Civic leaders honor renowned public figure Henry B. Gonzalez 05.04.16 Photo credit: Camille Garcia, Rivard Report On May 3, 2016, civic leaders,...

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Is America Any Safer?

Fifteen years ago this September 11, 19 terrorists, using four jetliners as guided missiles, killed 2,977 people—and enveloped the country in fear. It was the first sustained attack on American soil...

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Private Camelot

From the first, Jackie had declined to meld into the overpowering Kennedy clan, where “Hey, kiddo” was a standard greeting. Jack Kennedy had married late, at age 36, and his family worried that “he’d...

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Every episode of Gilmore Girls, ranked

Every episode of Gilmore Girls has a grace note. Every episode, even the very worst, has some weird, quirky jewel of a moment that makes the whole thing worth watching — even something as small as Rory...

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My 50 favourite UK restaurants: critic Marina O'Loughlin's choice

The Guardian’s restaurant critic picks her 50 favourite restaurants in the UK, from a seaside pub in Kent that serves some of the best food on the planet to a Glasgow old-timer that’s a city...

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Who's really voting for Trump: Portraits beyond the polls

Who are Donald Trump’s supporters? That’s the question every pollster, pundit and politico has been asking ever since the Manhattan mogul launched his candidacy, ascended to the top of the polls and...

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Bobby Fisher Was a Genius and a Jerk

Days before he was due in Iceland for the world chess championship in 1972, Fischer was still concocting reasons not to go. Brad Darrach captured every moment of the madness. The opening section of The...

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Read the Full Transcript of the Tenth Republican Debate in Texas

Five Republican presidential candidates faced off Thursday night in Houston for the tenth GOP debate. Real estate mogul Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John...

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A&E crisis exposed: the real pressures facing the NHS and the valiant doctors...

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May 04, 2015 - City Council Meeting Minutes (Filebank) (City of Palo Alto, CA)

(Source: City of Palo Alto, CA) d84882b2d4c493cd5e3ab9.pdf CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Special Meeting May 4, 2015 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Community...

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‘UK was groomed’: Irish writers throw book at Brexit

In an EU referendum campaign marked by mendacity, some of the pithiest truths have been uttered by writers. “If your head says Remain but your heart says Leave, remember that one is specifically...

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“Trump Land”

In the Trump Story Project, we’re presenting a series of short stories from contemporary writers, compiled by Ben H. Winters, imagining America’s future under President Donald Trump. Read Ben Winters’...

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The President’s news conference Transcripts, December 17, 2015 (The President...

(Source: The President of Russia) Television channel Public Television of Russia (OTR) and its site (http://www.otr-online.ru/online/) provided live sign language interpretation of the news conference....

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KRISTINE

It’s autumn of 2010 and I’m standing in the exact spot where ten-year-old Kristine Mihelich was found dead as fucking winter in 1977, her newly plum-colored face a muted beacon in the freshly fallen...

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The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog

Once known more for its stunts than its beers, the ‘punk’ Scottish brewer is now the UK’s fastest-growing drinks company. You have a problem with that?...

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The Stacks: William Styron was Lit’s Big Game Hunter

A white southerner by birth, Styron scorned the label of regional author—the world was his territory and the bigger the subject the better, from American slavery to the Holocaust. When Philip Caputo...

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“Difference,” American-Style: Of High-Horse Riders and Low-Hanging Fruit

Annals of Parliamentary Cretinism: 4 This has been in the works since the get-go. HRC faces a tight race in what ought to be a walkover because she is a lousy candidate and a terrible campaigner, and...

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September 21, 2015 - City Council Meeting Transcript (Filebank) (City of Palo...

(Source: City of Palo Alto, CA) b6a9dd9e-5145-428e-9002-218c5d8cf863.pdf CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL TRANSCRIPT Regular Meeting September 21, 2015 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on...

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Why Not Kasich! Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and My Week on the Trail with the GOP

There's something in the air in New Hampshire. It just ain’t civility, competence and experience. They’re assholes, really, New Hampshire primary voters. At Gilchrist Metal Fabricating’s grimy factory...

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Primary Colors: the Candidates Invade New Hampshire

Faced with fourteen Republican potential nominees for president in 2016 and three on the Democratic side, I did what any sensible person would not do: I borrowed my sister’s car, stayed with a friend...

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Oscars 2015 - live! The full ceremony and every award

Join us for full coverage of this year’s Academy Awards! We kick off on the red carpet at 2pm PT, 5pm ET and 10pm GMT, then move into the Dolby Theatre for the ceremony itself from 5pm PT, 8pm ET and...

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Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

This post originally appeared as a four-part series at Outlook India. __________ Part I: Things That Can And Cannot Be Said John Cusack __________ Every nation-state tends towards the imperial--that is...

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The Bravery To Be Vulnerable

An experiment in #100DaysofVulnerability Six years ago, I went through a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation course. It was easily, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Not the silence mind you....

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Unearthed relics haunt a town

In the high country of the Navajo reservation, a family walked through the pinyon pines, combing the earth for the remnants of a vanished civilization. Their breath steamed in the morning air. Dr....

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THURSDAY: Naomi Klein on her New Book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism...

Tune in Thursday when award-winning journalist and author, Naomi Klein, joins us for the hour to discuss her new book which was released this week, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate....

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Naomi Klein: "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate" (Book...

Note: On Thursday award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein joined us for the hour to discuss her new book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate." This kicked off Democracy Now!...

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2015’s Magnificent 7: People Who Championed, Changed & Challenged Us

December 24 2015, 2:27 PM ET Share this article: 2015 was a year of many things. Luckily, “inspiring” was one of them. Amid the injustices, tragedies and foolery that crowded our news headlines and...

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Oscars 2015: The red carpet, ceremony and reaction as it happened

7.54am GMT07:54 That's a wrap...

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Every 25 Seconds

Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...

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Springfield of Dreams: 150 Best 'Simpsons' Episodes

When FXX announced a complete Simpsons marathon — as in airing all 552 episodes consecutively, from August 21st through Labor Day — there was much rejoicing among those of us who have spent nearly as...

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Champions and Orphans: The 1968 Fresno City College-College of the Sequoias...

Here’s the story. College of the Sequoias football Coach Al Baldock wanted to beat Fresno City College Coach Clare Slaughter in 1968. Instead, Slaughter – blessed with some of the finest talent in the...

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The Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...

May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...

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President Trump: Irish writers have their say

While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...

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