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Arts & Humanities > Arts & Humanities (Other) Nonfiction book reviews: Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell

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Why do certain people succeed? Why do some rise above others? What makes them, in effect, outliers, unique and distant from the masses? These are the questions Malcolm Gladwell hopes to answer in his new book "Outliers: The Story of Success." Gladwell, the erudite New Yorker staff writer, has become familiar to many. His firs... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Commentary: School shootings as a political issue

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Anytime students are shot by a deranged killer it is a political issue. If this type of thing is not a political issue we might as well fold up the government now and save our money. Of course the obvious political issue revolves around gun control laws, or lack thereof, which helps keep the American murder rate at the top am... More..

Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Biography: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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Kurt Vonnegut was an American writer whose body of work ranks him as one of the greatest modern writers. Born in 1912 in Indianapolis he attended Cornell University for two years where he majored in biochemistry. He then enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) before enlisting in the ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US News Reflections: The Minneapolis bridge collapse (08/01/07)

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President Bush dismissed today raising the federal gas tax to repair the nation's bridges citing fiscal responsibility."The way it seems to have worked is that each member on that (Transportation) committee gets to set his or her own priorities first," Bush said. "That's not the right way to prioritize the people's money. Bef... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US News Reflections: Virginia Tech school shooting

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Ever since the horrific shooting of 33 students at Virginia Tech the news media has monitored the college's progress very closely. The questions have been asked: will the VT students be able to pick up the pieces and move on? What will their transition into the working world like?Recently a report was released showing how vet... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Quantum of Solace

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Rule one: Always kill the assassin first.There's a scene early in the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, where our hero is ready to interrogate a prisoner. He's in the room with M, his boss, M's bodyguard Mitchell, and a token extra guy standing off to the side. Suddenly, it turns out Mitchell is a double. He pulls a... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Archives A new (true?) conservative Republican candidate for the 2008 US presidential election: Fred Dalton Thompson

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Any time a candidate with acting experience and conservative credentials maneuvers to run for president you can bet the conservative base begins to tingle with excitement. Such is the case with former "Law and Order" star Fred Thompson, who formed a presidential exploratory committee yesterday sending the right-wing abuzz.Thi... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology How to become a lobbyist

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While there is no formal process to becoming a lobbyist, the traditional method is to receive a cryptic invitation to join the Ancient Order of Lobbyists, bid fairwell to your former life, and embark to Washington D.C. Those who survive the journey face a difficult and soul-crippling interview process. What does it take to be... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Spiderman 3

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"Spiderman 3" is about the power of choice and the ironic thing is that it grossed $150 million over the first weekend, proving people, like me, will watch anything.What you get is a cinematic horn-of-plenty featuring no less than three villains, two damsels in distress, two super heroes, a cosmic sludge with transformational... More..

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1. Nonfiction book reviews: Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
2. Movie reviews: Quantum of Solace
3. Reflections: The Minneapolis bridge collapse (08/01/07)
4. A new (true?) conservative Republican candidate for the 2008 US presidential election: Fred Dalton Thompson
5. Commentary: School shootings as a political issue
6. Biography: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
7. How to become a lobbyist
8. Movie reviews: Spiderman 3
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