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R. Erica Doyle, Guest Blogger February 25-March 1
This week we welcome back R. Erica Doyle as a guest blogger. R. Erica was born in Brooklyn to Trinidadian immigrant parents, and has lived in Washington, DC, Farmington, Connecticut and La Marsa, Tunisia.…
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Harvard expels cheats [by DL]
Some news stories speak for themselves, no editorial comment needed.Last spring Harvard suspended nearly half of the 279 students who took a government course called "Introduction to Congress" and were caught cheating on the…
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“Zero Dark Thirty” [by DL]
I'm not an Academy member and I don't have a vote, but if I did I would cast it unhesitatingly for "Zero Dark Thirty" for the best picture award. And I lament that Kathryn…
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Now hear this: Jimmy Van Heusen was born 100 years ago [by David Lehman]
and has been dead for twenty-three years but his songs are as timeless as "Darn That Dream," "Swinging on a Star," "But Beautiful," "Here's That Rainy Day," "Love and Marriage," "Come Fly with Me,"…
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Dating Will Be Difficult When Everyone Is Dead [ by Chelsea Reilly]
Imagine your surprise when she tells you the rats got into the baby carriage again. There is a reason for everything, which I will explain much later. You have an important decision to make.…
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Meet the Press: Catherine Woodard in Conversation with Betsy Teter of Hub City Press
When I am lucky enough to travel, I always think about communities, about how each of us is defined by layers of communities. I grew up in Kenly, N.C., a town of 1,400 people…
