I just visited Minnesota, which is not only a beautiful state, but an interesting one. It's the state whose former Governor was a professional wrestler, and whose next Senator might be a former comedian. And they've got a gun law there that is, well, quite astounding. Adults are allowed to...
Charlie Rose | Posted July 23, 2008 | Entertainment
David Chang is chef/owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ko and Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York City. Chang has taken the food world by surprise, he has already won two James Beard awards and both Bon Appeitie and GQ named him chef of the year in 2007. Here is...
Steve Ralls | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
In what will surely be remembered as a pivotal moment in our country's quest to live up to its promise of "liberty and justice for all," the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing on Wednesday to debate the federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian,...
Stefan Sirucek | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
(Berlin) -- Tomorrow Senator Barack Obama will deliver a major speech in front of the Siegessäule, or "Victory Column," in Berlin. He will speak in front of thousands -- some have predicted hundreds of thousands -- in a speech that will mark the first and only major public address...
Michael Shaw | Posted July 23, 2008 | Media
Kelly Candaele | Posted July 23, 2008 | Off The Bus
By Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
This article originally appeared in The Nation.
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When the Baseball Hall of Fame holds its induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, July 27, three pillars of baseball's corporate establishment will join the ranks. But the man who freed...
Peter Dreier | Posted July 23, 2008 | Off The Bus
By Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
This article originally appeared in The Nation.
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When the Baseball Hall of Fame holds its induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, July 27, three pillars of baseball's corporate establishment will join the ranks. But the man who freed ballplayers...
Tony Newman | Posted July 23, 2008 | Entertainment
The New York Post hit a new low on Tuesday when they deemed Britney Spears having a cigarette in the company of her son worthy of front page news. Wars rage on in Iraq and Afghanistan while Americans face losing their jobs and houses at home but The Post...
Michael Brune | Posted July 23, 2008 | Green
What a difference a weekend makes.
Late last week, John McCain supported Al Gore's call for a nationwide commitment to a ten-year clean energy revolution by declaring, "If the vice president says it's doable, I believe it's doable." In the hopes for a grand, bipartisan climate and energy...
Paige Donner | Posted July 23, 2008 | Green
All things green are proving to have such a solid audience now that for many larger companies, "green" properties are proving to be tasty and timely acquisitions.
Adrien Grenier, EcoStiletto Launch Party Guest
Case in point: Rachel Sarnoff, CEO and Founder of EcoStiletto...
Jon Robin Baitz | Posted July 23, 2008 | Media
So I read today that the L.A. Times has finally done in the book review section. Sad, albeit not unexpected. Short sighted, and just another bad omen for the print world. Bad news for readers, bad news for people who like to sit at counters in coffee shops learning about...
Michael Carmichael | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
With a deft series of domestic political moves followed by vigorous international maneuvers, Barack Obama triggered a diplomatic revolution and forced flip-flops on one of his main rivals -- incumbent President George W. Bush -- that have paralyzed the campaign of Senator John McCain.
For many months, Obama called for...
Marty Kaplan | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
"The world is waiting to love America again" ran the title of a recent London Observer editorial anticipating Barack Obama's visit to Europe.
Love may be too strong a word to describe the world's feelings for America when George W. Bush was first sworn in as...
Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted July 23, 2008 | Life
As I started to make my son's Halloween costume, a strange creature named Vivi from a game called Final Fantasy, yes I am making it myself, and yes, I know I am ahead of the curve as my Halloween and Christmas and Chanukah shopping is already in full bloom, I...
Barbara Fischkin | Posted July 23, 2008 | Life
I swore I wouldn't waste a lot of time dealing with Michael Savage, the radio talk show scold, who recently made the ridiculous claim that the autism epidemic is caused by bad parenting. But perhaps there is one more thing that needs to be said: Mr. Savage, if only you...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted July 23, 2008 | Green
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted July 23, 2008 | Life
"Who Wore it Better?" is a common fixture in today's gossip rags and sites but it's usually limited to people old enough to (theoretically) be responsible for their own fashion choices. However, to feed our bottomless celebrity fashion appetite, some are taking the fashion fights from the merely twee set...
Swanee Hunt | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
July 21, 2008: The day that ended a 13-year failure. The day that promises were kept. The day that Serbian security forces met their responsibilities. The day that Dr. Radovan Karadzic was arrested for a war crimes indictment handed down July 24, 1995.
The former president of Bosnia's rebel...
Jeffrey Levi | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
We know we're in an economic crisis. But at a time like this, when the housing market and gas prices dominate headlines, we can't forget one of our biggest long term economic concerns: the incredible amount the US spends on health care. We spend $2 trillion a year on health...
Andy Ostroy | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics
We all know the John McCain type. He's the petulant kid who barked "it's my ball!" as he stormed off the field because he didn't get his way. He's the little bully who said his dad could beat up your dad. He's the...
As Barack Obama began his trip to the Middle East and Europe,...
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
The Bush...
John McCain made a mistake this evening, which as far as...
I understand why John McCain's campaign...
***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made...
The New York Times has rejected an op-ed penned by Senator John McCain in response...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night...
When Walk Score recently released their ranking of the ten most walkable U.S. cities there was no doubt that folks in places...
Here we go again. Oil prices tumbling "in the steepest four...
According to Psychology Today and referencing the American Journal of Psychiatry,...
Lloyd Garver | Posted July 23, 2008 | Politics