Gretchen Rubin: 6 Tips For Boosting Your Sense of Self-Respect
Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
Bush’s Farewell Address Airing Tonight
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush’s farewell speech is more than a goodbye to the nation that elected him twice.
Obama On Inauguration: You Don’t Have To Come (VIDEO)
President-elect Barack Obama tells Americans that he wants them to participate in Inauguration — but that they can do it from home.
Michael Giltz: American Idol Returns — Phoenix
American Idol kicks off Season Eight without missing a beat: new judge Kara DioGuardi fits in smoothly; the contestants (as usual) run the gamut of the good, the bad and the ugly; and the editing keeps it all entertaining. Idol is every show wrapped up into one: a comedy for those who enjoy the bad auditions, a reality show for those who prefer the sob story personal profiles and the backstage drama of the Hollywood section, and a variety show for those who love the judges’ banter, the taped comedy bits and of course the singing
Karen Dalton-Beninato: What New Orleans Lost in Cayne
It’s hard to fully comprehend the chain of events that led to losing Cayne Miceli in New Orleans. I last saw her dancing at Tab Benoit’s New Year’s Eve show as Dr.
Nomika Zion: War Diary from Sderot
“I speak with the people of Sderot and the flush has returned to their cheeks” boasted Fuad [Ben Eliezer, Labour Knesset member and Israel's current Minister of Infrastructure] to Razi Barkai [presenter of a popular news programme on Israel Army Radio] on the second day of the war. “The heavier the war is, so the heart opens”.
Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald: TVA Disaster Spreads Far and Wide
As a result of a 1.1 billion gallon spill of contaminated fly ash, there has been discussion, press reportage and blogging about the environmental disaster in eastern Tennessee Most of us have seen the pictures — a 300+ acre area strewn with black and brown muck as far as the eye can see. Houses lifted off their foundations and thrown across the road, yards filled so high with ash that people can’t leave their homes without stepping in it, roadways littered with the ash from trucks going to and from the site, and an eerie still where active life once existed
Rhode Island Leads US Into Deep Recession
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MJ Rosenberg: Ceasefire
It is obvious who is losing the Gaza war. But who is winning
John Cusack: Two Questions
Two questions we should demand congress ask of Eric Holder before confirming him.
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