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The Naked and the Dead, by Norman Mailer
Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:11 AM EDT
The Naked and the Dead was written in 1948 by Norman Mailer when he was only twenty-five, after serving two years in World War II. The platoon of Marines who are featured in the story are stationed on the island of Anopopei in Japan.
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Book Review-Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth
Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:22 AM EST
Nathan Zuckerman is a 71-year-old writer who has been living a reclusive life "in a small house on a dirt road in the deep country" in the Berkshires. For the last eleven years he has not gone to dinner parties, and has not owned a cell phone, VCR, DVD player, or a computer.
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A Review of The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, by Dominick Dunne
Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:33 AM EST
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, by Dominick Dunne, as the title indicates, tells of two women with the same last name who lead seemingly very different lives. In 1955, the main character, Ann Grenville, is found dead in her luxurious apartment.
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Jon Stewart Blasts Dick Cheney for Dithering about Afganistan
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:15 AM EDT (Video: Q & O | The Daily Show | Comedy Central)
Dick Cheney has been criticizing Obama for "dithering" a few weeks before he makes a decision on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, but as it turns out, he and the Bush administration did not review their strategy in Afghanistan until they were packing up to leave th …
Would Tort Reform Really Lower Health Care Costs?
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 6:36 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Most of us agree that tort reform is necessary, but would this really have a big effect on health care costs?
Simple Explanation of the Public Option
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 2:19 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
Here is the most straightforward explanation about a private option that I have ever seen. Obama should use this in his address to congress Wednesday night.
Novel Approach to Health Care Debate
Seeded on Fri Sep 4, 2009 1:24 AM EDT (CNN)
It's time that we started listening to each other and researching and anlayzing health care reform. Let's lose the labels: from "flip-flopper" to "commie," from "fear-monger" to "right-wing nut job." Trash the diatribe; mull the ideas.
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I am sadly too familiar with these tactics because they were used against the GOP ticket in 2008. The left seeks to single someone out and destroy his or her record and reputation and family using the media as a channel to dump handpicked and half-baked campaign opposit …
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the Obama campaign is making no secret that it sees a possibility to win over military voters—long thought to be a GOP stronghold—an important constituency in key battleground states such as Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. Obama’s wins — from the …
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Without much media attention, thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking Tehran. Tensions between nations have been high in recent months and have …
Speaker John Boehner Would Personally Profit From Keystone Pipeline
There are no benefits for the United States from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, and many problems that it will cause this country.
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