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Federal judge blocks National Defense Authorization Act provision
In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge ruled Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest...
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Activists sue Obama, others over National Defense Authorization Act
A coalition of well-known journalists, activists and civil libertarians have sued President Obama, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and other members of the U.S. government to push them to remove or rewrite this year&...
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Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist
Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...Tags: Chemotherapy, Michael Chertoff, Literature, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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NPR needs a backbone
Oh, NPR, won't you please state your game? Are you liberal? Are you neutral? Are your employees secret socialists? Do their screensavers feature slideshows of Noam Chomsky? Do your office Christmas parties serve only free-range eggnog? Do your parking...Tags: Management Change, Republican Party, Vivian Schiller, Politics, NPR
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Summer reading: History
Absolute Monarchs
A History of the Papacy
John Julius Norwich
Random House: $30
The respected historian of the Byzantine Empire and Venice now turns to one of the oldest institutions on Earth and those who have worn the mitred hat during its 2,000-...Tags: Crimes, War Crimes, Terrorism, Edward Ruscha, University of Chicago
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At Sundance, a science documentary revives language questions
Among the offerings at this year's Sundance Film Festival is a documentary about a trailblazing chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky who played a key role in the scientific debate over what it means to be human.
The James Marsh film, "Project Nim," explores the...Tags: Education, Breastfeeding, Documentary (genre), Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists
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'Gossip Girl' recap: The great frenemy fake-out
Show TrackerCan I get a "hallelujah," fans? As of this week's episode, "Gossip Girl" has finally dug itself out of last season's rut. The Upper East Side gang is back together, including the criminally under-utilized Eric, making his first appearance of...... -
EGYPT: American professors urge Obama to 'seize this chance,' oust Mubarak
Babylon & BeyondMore than 80 American academics, including Noam Chomsky and several California scholars, posted an open letter online Sunday to President Obama, urging him to heed the will of the Egyptian people, help remove President Hosni Mubarak and "move beyond... -
Is anti-Zionism hate?
In January, at a symposium at UCLA (choreographed by the Center for Near East Studies), four longtime Israel bashers were invited to analyze the human rights conditions in Gaza, and used the stage to attack the legitimacy of Zionism and its vision of a...Tags: Education, Politics, Judaism, Gaza Crisis (2008), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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New in paperback: Richard Yates, Denis Johnson, Charles Baxter and more
Barry Day (ed): "The Letters of Noel Coward" (Vintage) "The human race is a let down. It thinks it's progressed but it hasn't. It thinks it's risen above the primeval slime but it hasn't -- it's still wallowing in it!," says Gilda in Noel Coward's...Tags: Death, Revolutionary Road (movie), Noel Coward, Walter Benjamin, Samuel Beckett
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'A Lethal Obsession' by Robert Wistrich
A Lethal Obsession
Anti-Semitism From Antiquity
to the Global Jihad
Robert S. Wistrich
Random House: 1,188 pp., $40
A heartbreaking irony suffuses "A Lethal Obsession" by Robert S. Wistrich, a history of anti-Semitism by a historian who has devoted...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Massacres, Judaism, Jerusalem (Israel), Jimmy Carter
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Israel gets a punch in the schnoz from Toronto Film Fest protesters
The Big PictureWhether you're a film festival director, a college president or a secretary of state, you know that you've landed in Media Hell when Noam Chomsky, Jane Fonda and Harry Belafonte start signing open letters complaining about your policies. Artists and......
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