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Articles tagged "politics" Column: The RockistWe All Know the Way to Sesame Streetby Michael Brett[20.Nov.09] :. In the 2008 presidential election, America crossed the Henson Point -- the point where we are a post-Baby Boomer society. The Rockist calls for a champagne toast. Music ReviewLaura Nyro: Mother’s Spiritualby Omar Kholeif[13.Nov.09] :. Examining the re-release of Nyro's overlooked Mother's Spiritual reveals that there is still much to appreciate. Books ReviewThe Death of Conservatism by Sam Tanenhausby Chris Barsanti[6.Nov.09] :. Tanenhaus elegantly argues that the American conservatism might be at low ebb, but that should not be expected to last. Nor should liberals (as prone to premature gloating as their rivals) even want it to happen. NewsDeft documentary shows two sides of Lee Atwaterby Roddie Burris [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][2.Oct.08] :. COLUMBIA, S.C.—In the final days of his 1980 campaign for Congress, Columbia attorney Tom Turnipseed had a firm lead in the polls in his race against Lexington County’s Floyd Spence. On...  Multimedia ReviewThe Political Machine 2008by L.B. Jeffries[30.Jul.08] :. It’s like playing Monopoly without the dice or the satisfaction of ever owning property. You just go around and around the board bidding on things.  Music ReviewInvincible: Shapeshiftersby Alexis Pauline Gumbs[16.Jul.08] :. Every A&R's worst nightmare is a sustainable media movement's dream come true. Do political endorsements matter?by Naftali Bendavid [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][11.Jan.08] :. CHICAGO—Word trickles out from a campaign that a “major endorsement” is expected. Then the name of the endorser is breathlessly leaked. Finally the endorser emerges - at a rally,... Texas bloggers reap the fruit of new political cloutby Karen Brooks [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][29.Nov.07] :. AUSTIN, Texas - The decidedly liberal Texas blogosphere, once content with its role as outsider critic, is finally putting its money where its mouse is. Earlier this year, bloggers formed a loose... A Hypothetical Problemby Jillian Burt[17.Sep.07] :. The polls say that 99% of people who read this story will be fascinated by it. A further 25%, if they re-read the story in a week’s time will be equally impressed. The Boys From Dolores: Fidel Castros Classmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmesby Enrique Fernandez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][31.Jul.07] :. Travel writer captures the essence of Fidel's school days in The Boys From Dolores. The United States and Central America: Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility by Mark Rosenbeby Alejandra Labanca [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Jul.07] :. Scholar says the cycle of neglect that marks U.S. policy toward Central America isn't likely to be broken soon. No he didn’t! Antonio Villaraigosa’s bimbo eruptionby Amy DePaul[5.Jul.07] :. Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times ran a story about a Telemundo news correspondent who has been assigned to cover politics, local news and the city’s mayor for the last year and a... New York dominates political fieldby Philip Dine [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][25.Jun.07] :. WASHINGTON - The Heartland and most of the rest of the country has long had an iffy view of New York, admiring its energy but wary of its culture, personality and values. That arms-length... Russia turns up heat on dissidentsby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][13.May.07] :. ARKHANGELSK, Russia—Few in Russia would consider Alexander Donskoi a serious contender to take over the Kremlin in 2008. Few even know who he is. His political life amounts to two years as... You Go Girls: “The View” as Distaff “Crossfire”by Amy DePaul[25.Apr.07] :. Feminists have long lamented the lack of women writers in newspaper opinion pages and on magazine staffs of influential magazines like The New Yorker and New Republic. And women... Russia’s first president Boris Yeltsin dies at 76by RIA Novosti [(MCT)][23.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW - Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first democratically elected leader (1991-1999), has died at the age of 76 of cardiac arrest. Yeltsin was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in 1931 and... Edwards loses little financial support to Clinton, Obamaby Rob Christensen and David Raynor [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][22.Apr.07] :. RALEIGH, N.C. - When Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards swept into Birmingham in January, he didn’t have any problem finding a raft of big-time contributors. Alabamians, many of... Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibehby Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][20.Apr.07] :. Bring together Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh (1949- ) and Israeli statesman Shimon Peres (1923-) and the first thought that occurs to any longtime observer of the Arab-Israeli conflict is: Get a room. Kasparov arrested as police break up Dissenters’ March in Moscowby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][16.Apr.07] :. MOSCOW - Waves of truncheon-wielding police swiftly broke up a march protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government Saturday, arresting Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion and... Political crisis threatens fragile democracy in Ukraineby Alex Rodriguez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][16.Apr.07] :. KIEV, Ukraine - Amid a sea of orange flags and banners crammed into a small downtown roundabout, Vyacheslav Kireichuk angrily jabs his finger toward Independence Square about 200 yards away. There,... Obama plans fundraisers in Clinton’s back yardby Celeste Katz [New York Daily News (MCT)][6.Apr.07] :. NEW YORK - Sen. Barack Obama has raised a ton of campaign money in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s backyard, and as the next round of fund-raising begins, he’s coming right back to Manhattan for... Obama approaches Clinton’s fundraising totalby Margaret Talev [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama’s bombshell announcement Wednesday that his presidential campaign already has raised $25 million grabbed the political world’s attention and threatened Sen.... Obama forced opponents from race in first campaignby David Jackson and Ray Long [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][4.Apr.07] :. CHICAGO - The day after New Year’s 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. There they began the tedious process of... |
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