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Reflections on knowledge and science, and a firsthand encounter with the man who invented immortality
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A look at the James Frey-Million Little Pieces-Oprah's Book Club debacle through the lens of reality.
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Is television impeding our ability to enjoy life?
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The long-lost Van Morrison "Contractual Obligation" tapes fail to deliver the requisite antagonism.
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The mysterious package lay on the kitchen table for months before we decided it was time to find out what was inside.
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Pee-Wee is way cooler than you remember.
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A former sports junkie muses on the changing culture of sports and why his own interest in his formerly obsessive hobby is waning.
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Fox's reckless bias not only violates its "fair and balanced" slogan, its lack of objectivity and journalistic standards threatens the public interest.
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Republicans are holding up dismissed judge Roy Moore as a martyr of anti-Christian bias. But Moore just got a taste of his own medicine.
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If food for thought is what our kids need, the American education system is malnourishing them. An overhaul of our social studies curriculum is needed for our kids to understand living in the modern world.
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In his harrowing experiment in fast food consumption, Director Morgan Spurlock gained more than 20 pounds in one month, and captured it all on videotape to both entertaining and disturbing effect. So why does his argument against fast food feel weaker than it should be?
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A recently re-discovered discussion that took place 30 years ago between John Kerry and a Vietnam War ideological rival reveals the radical changes Senator Kerry and the television medium have undergone over the years.
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Shane MacGowan was the frontman of the Irish band the Pogues, who produced some of the greatest music to come from the 80s. Sarah Share's If I Should Fall from Grace is a biopic of the singer.
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Beyond the usual travel-book descriptions of places and the difficulties of travel, Dark Star Safari joins insightful journalism with the sardonic perspective of a studied traveler who dismisses the Hemingway-inspired image of Africa, as well as the crusades of missionaries and aid groups.
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Smokefree DC’s plan is to build a grassroots support for smoke-free businesses, relying on the restaurants and bars to voluntarily ban smoking within their walls.
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Comic: Arnold is running for governor, and he's more qualified that you might think. We'll let him explain why.
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Erin Schmidt reviews Azar Nafisi's novel Reading Lolita in Tehran.
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Huan-Hua interviews three birdseed vendors in St. Mark's Square in Venice about the pigeons their wares are meant to attract.
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Comic: Five minutes of network news war coverage! It's news you can trust. And stuff.
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As the cost of health care increases, many politicians and the public are asking for more spending, but it is going to solve any problems?
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Neil Diamond gets a bad rap because your parents listen to him. Also: Top ten Diamond tracks.
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If one wishes to continue to give the President the benefit of the doubt, the most likely scenario is that Saddam’s active weapons programs and chemical and biological stockpiles are hiding in the same cave as Saddam and his friend Osama bin Laden. And if that is the case, we are very much worse off than before the war.
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With cocaine glasses and Converse All Stars abounding, it's about time to put a spotlight on the irony epidemic.
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Another Hollywood cookie-cutter natural disaster movie, complete with every hackneyed subplot imaginable.
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Is the American media functioning the way it's supposed to?
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Not funny by any stretch...
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