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Obama is on the way out
On Saturday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry got into the race for the GOP presidential nomination, and within 24 hours, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty got out.
Perry didn't exactly chase Pawlenty out of the race; the Iowa straw poll (in which T-Paw finished a...Tags: Christine O'Donnell, Polls, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Government
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Barnaby Conrad Jr. dies at 90; bullfighter, artist, saloonkeeper founded Santa Barbara Writers Conference
When Barnaby Conrad was nearly killed in a 1958 bullfight, his celebrity pals were buzzing about it at Sardi's in New York. "Did you hear about poor Barnaby?" Eva Gabor asked Noel Coward in her thick Hungarian accent. "He was terribly gored in Spain."...Tags: Bullfighting, Fiction, Periodicals, William Randolph Hearst, Arts and Culture
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Guarding the right's flank
To understand what is wrong with today's political right, look no further than the American Conservative Union. The ACU made headlines last month when it snubbed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. A source told National Review that Christie hadn't been...
Tags: Civil Rights, Arts and Culture, Gay Rights, Culture, Elections
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Garry Wills: a devout critic
A political conservative turned liberal, lifelong Roman Catholic and world-class curmudgeon, Garry Wills has called President Barack Obama a disappointment and Pope Benedict XVI irrelevant — and that was before the pontiff announced his resignation....
Tags: Entertainment Events, Benedict XVI, Colleges and Universities, Journalism, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois)
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Emily Raboteau's fresh exploration of identity and faith
-------------------- Searching for Zion The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora Emily Raboteau Atlantic Monthly Press: 320 pp., $25 -------------------- In 1965, author and civil rights essayist James Baldwin appeared at the Cambridge Union...Tags: Judaism, Malcolm X, Jamaica, Civil Rights, James Baldwin
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Gore Vidal says nice things about women in the new Vanity Fair
In his prime, writer Gore Vidal didn't have much nice to say about people, and he enjoyed sharing his opinions. On live television in 1968, he referred to fellow commentator William F. Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi" (Buckley responded by calling Vidal...
Tags: Charles Manson, Google+, Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Reagan
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The case for naming a U.S. secretary of Culture
Along with adding the finishing touches to his inaugural address on Monday, President Obama has plenty on his plate. He is consumed by the responsibilities of selecting new Cabinet members and preparing strategies to get them confirmed. He already had his...
Tags: France, Albania, International Organizations, Budgets and Budgeting, Arts and Culture
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Romney's trifecta
Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON — The presidential campaign, hitherto a plod through a torrent of words tedious beyond words, began to dance in Denver. There, a masterfully prepared Mitt Romney completed a trifecta of tasks and unveiled an issue that, because it...Tags: Washington, DC, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Cato Corporation
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NYT columnist delivers address at Centre convocation
dbrock@amnews.comDavid Brooks gave the crowd at Tuesday night's convocation at Centre College plenty to smile about when he wasn't offering an insider’s view of the current presidential tickets and a somewhat dim picture of realities facing the country. The New...Tags: David Brooks, Periodicals, Arts and Culture, Abusive Behavior, Government
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John T. Elson dies at 78; Time writer posed question 'Is God dead?'
John T. Elson, whose 1966 cover story for Time magazine -- provocatively titled "Is God Dead?" -- produced record-breaking newsstand sales with its perceptive analysis of a debate that animated Sunday churchgoers as well as theologians, died Sept. 7 at...Tags: Periodicals, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, England, Billy Graham
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American Chronicler Gore Vidal Dies at Age 86
CNNLOS ANGELES -- Gore Vidal, the eclectic author who faithfully chronicled the major shifts and upheavals in the United States in books, essays and plays, has died. He was 86. Vidal died at his Los Angeles home Tuesday evening of complications from...Tags: Entertainment Events, ABC (tv network), Gore Vidal, Burr Steers, Gore Vidal¿s The Best Man (play)
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Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer
WASHINGTON — Watergate felon and prison reformer Charles W. Colson, who died Saturday at age 80 in northern Virginia, was two people.
He was Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," the president's "evil genius," who by his own admission was "ruthless in...Tags: Human Body, Brain, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Health
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