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Maurice Sendak: 13 quotes on his birthday
Here are 13 quotes from wildly influential author Maurice Sendak.
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'Arrested Development': The 5 best things about the new season
'Arrested Development' recently debuted its fourth season exclusively on Netflix. Here are the five things fans will love the most.
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Mainstream media biased against Romney? Four points to consider.
Many supporters of Mitt Romney argue that his potential path toward the White House has been made a lot steeper by the media. Here are some of the main arguments pro and con.
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10 quotes from John Ciardi on his birthday
John Ciardi a poet, translator, critic and etymologist. To mark his birthday on June 24, here are 10 of his most memorable quotes.
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Maurice Sendak: 10 essential quotes
From his books and from interviews, here are 10 essential quotes from Maurice Sendak, the children's book legend.
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Chapter & Verse Stieg Larsson's companion prepares for the book tour he never took
Eva Gabrielsson, longtime companion of "Millennium" author Larsson, will tour the US, promoting her memoir and raising awareness about her lawsuit.
06/14/2011 12:56 pm -
Backchannels The Gay Girl in Damascus hoax, 'mass rape' in Libya, and press credulity
Have our propaganda detectors been dulled?
06/13/2011 01:44 pm -
LeBron James in spotlight off-court, too. Is he selling caffeine to kids?
LeBron James and his Miami Heat will face the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Tuesday. Off the court, however, he is being challenged by pediatricians over his new caffeine-heavy energy product, Sheets Energy Strips.
06/07/2011 08:24 pm -
Area 51 loses mystique for some after accusations of hoax
Area 51 was not the site of extraterrestrial landing, but rather a Russian hoax, says investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen.
05/26/2011 12:55 am -
Apocalypse Not: Harold Camping wrong – again – about 'The Rapture'
Harold Camping had prophesied that the world as we know it would end today. But the time has come and gone, and "The Rapture" has not occurred.
05/21/2011 12:33 pm -
Verbal Energy Obama on makin' it in manufacturin'
The president's diction can shift as he moves from one role to another. That's OK – but just don't say he's dropping his 'g's.'
05/20/2011 04:06 pm -
Why Obama rejected John Glenn's plea to save the space shuttle progam
In a 40-minute plea at the White House to save the US space shuttle, John Glenn said that relying on the Russians to get US astronauts into space was a mistake. Why did President Obama turn him down?
05/16/2011 06:07 pm -
Two Muslims bounced from Memphis flight, despite extra screening
Two Muslim men wearing traditional clothing were removed from a commercial flight departing Memphis on Friday. Airline apologizes, but gives no explanation for incident.
05/07/2011 06:18 pm -
Bin Laden backlash? What US cities are doing to stop terror attacks.
US cities say there are no credible threats, but they're still taking extra steps to prevent a terrorist attack in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.
05/03/2011 07:17 pm -
Are Donald Trump and his fellow 'birthers' racist?
Donald Trump faces a backlash from those who see the “birther” movement as a new form of racism, which a new study seems to confirm. Trump has problems with conservatives too.
04/30/2011 11:13 am -
Economist Mom Bipartisan budget glass is (almost) half full
When it comes to cutting the deficit, people don't want to make a sacrifice unless they think that their political rivals will have to make sacrifices, too
04/21/2011 01:44 pm -
John Hughes Despite media yammer, there’s hope for real news
Though we live in a world of anonymous blogs, tweets, and declining newsroom budgets, tried-and-true sources of international reporting remain available.
04/15/2011 08:39 am -
How Speaker Boehner brought a recalcitrant tea party to the budget deal
The budget deal marks the debut of an 87-member GOP freshman class committed to deep spending cuts. Speaker John Boehner defied his critics to rally his caucus and produce an agreement, without shutting down government.
04/09/2011 12:41 pm -
Editorial Board Blog Home-style budget crisis: Kitchen shutdown
Are Washington's ways of settling finances like my (fictional) marriage?
04/08/2011 11:38 am -
House votes to strip EPA of power to curb carbon emissions
The House voted Thursday to bar the EPA from regulating carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases. The Senate on Wednesday rejected a similar proposal. Still, the fight is far from over.
04/07/2011 05:32 pm -
It's in the stats: Red Sox will win 101 games
Baseball has just begun, but MIT economist Dimitris Bertsimas crunches numbers to conclude the Boston Red Sox will win the American League East title. Forget that they lost their first game.
04/02/2011 02:13 pm -
Walter Rodgers Costliest government 'program' of all? Undeclared wars
Congress's habit of ignoring Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution has arguably cost taxpayers trillions. And now it seems to be happening again, with Obama's military action in Libya.
03/28/2011 11:29 am -
Opinion If Obama can bomb Libya, a President Palin can bomb Iran without Congress's OK
President Obama's bombing of Libya without congressional authorization or debate puts us on a dangerous path. A minimum standard for transparency in government is that the House and the Senate go on the record for or against a new war.
03/23/2011 01:19 pm -
With Libya, is 'Obama doctrine' on war emerging?
Barack Obama entered the White House responsible for two wars he had inherited. Now, as Iraq winds down and Afghanistan drags on, he finds himself at the outset of possible US combat in Libya.
03/19/2011 02:11 pm -
NPR woes escalate as House votes to strip its federal funding
The GOP-led House, determined to trim spending and emboldened by NPR's recent black eyes, voted Thursday to end NPR's federal funding. Under the bill, no public radio stations could use taxpayer dollars to buy NPR programs.
03/17/2011 08:54 pm -
Decoder Wire NPR and budget scrapes: Public radio has been here before
The House is poised to vote to strip NPR of federal funds. Public radio has had a rough six months, but it nearly closed for good in 1983.
03/17/2011 03:10 pm -
Why House Republicans are rushing to slash NPR funding
House Republican cohesiveness splintered in a key vote earlier this week, but NPR funding – long a target for conservatives – is almost certain to restore a picture of GOP unity.
03/16/2011 11:17 pm -
Japan earthquake: 5 ways the international community is helping
Japan has received offers of assistance from 14 international organizations and 102 countries (including a number of unexpected aid donors such as embattled Afghanistan and poverty-stricken Cambodia), according to the latest report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Japan has accepted help, mostly in the form of search and rescue teams, from 15 countries. Here is an overview of some of the help pouring into Japan as it struggles to dig out from Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.
03/15/2011 01:33 pm -
Opinion NPR defunding vote: Don't diminish democracy to settle a political score
The NPR video sting makes it easier to repeat the talking point that public radio doesn’t deserve public support. But research of public media in other democracies shows the opposite is true.
03/14/2011 02:09 pm -
The Entrepreneurial Mind Music fans want more than just music
In the new music industry, some musicians are struggling. Others are figuring out how to tap into what fans really want.
03/14/2011 10:33 am
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