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What's the Matter With Cultural Studies? - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
In the spring, I was asked to participate in a plenary panel at the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.), and the opportunity led me to rethink the history of the field. The session's title was "The University After Cultural Studies." As is...
How ABC News' Brian Ross Cooked His 'Hasan Contacted Al Qaeda' Scoop - Nidal malik hasan - Gawker
ABC News' Brian Ross has a breathtaking record of recklessly inaccurate, overhyped stories that don't live up to the headline. His scoop yesterday about Nidal Malik Hasan's "attempt to reach out to al Qaeda" was one of them.
 
Kirk
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Intercultural Communication: American Culture: The topics presented in this 20-slide presentation include the .. http://bit.ly/19qKeZ
 
traderjon
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NPR.org: Poker in American culture http://bit.ly/3xp9OC Author -"Poker logic is about leveraging uncertainty and managing risk..."
 
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Continuing the Celebration Of Origin of Species #4
The first quote today comes from H. Lipson. It is from an article published in the Physics Bulletin 31, 1980, page 138. The...
 
Andrew Roman
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GORE VIDAL – ANTI-SEMITISM, HOOKERS AND OBAMA
You probably didn’t realize that Gore Vidal – an icon, I’m told – is a sharp provocateur, did you? You weren’t...
 
Phil M
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The Coarsening of American Culture… from a Baby Boomer Perspective
Well, it was predicted in the Bible. At some point we were all going to see civility challenged in society and in the culture....
 
<em>actor212</em>
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Why Americans Are Woefully Uninformed
With all that's going on in the world, with Afghanistan and healthcare reform and wars and famine and global warming, this is...
 
<em>mulick01</em>
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Fear is the most popular motivator in American culture these days. How sad. But it can be treated!
 
Andrew Roman
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NFL DOUBLE STANDARDS AND DOUBLE TALK
Readers of Roman Around know that I’ve no need to resort to the use of profanity here, and save for a few occasions in which...
 
<em>actor212</em>
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Useful Idiots
You may have missed this, it may have been deliberately timed for a slow news weekend on a semi-national holiday (in that the...
 
<em>actor212</em>
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OMG! Just. Go. Away!
I'm really getting tired of the collusionary efforts among the mainstream media to sell us pablum and crap WE DON'T NEED TO...
41 days ago Simply Left Behind | Topics: American...
 
Michael B
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RT @postandreview: Pinball - Real American Culture http://thepostandreview.com/site/features/pinball/ @PacificPinball Expo is this week
 
Robson
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In today's American culture, the phrase 'man cannot live on bread alone' has taken on an entirely different meaning.
 
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Jeremy Scahill: Rep. Mike Pence, Who Led Witch Hunt Against Van Jones, Took $1000s From Extremist Erik Prince | Crooks and Liars
Prince has also donated to Pence’s Political Action Committee “Principles Exalt a Nation.” In December 2007, three months after Blackwater operatives gunned down 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square, Pence and his Republican Study...
 
Bobbi Elaine
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Star Wars, Football, and Apple Pie: How I Became American
Me--thrilled to be a spectatorWhen I was in college, a boy who will remain nameless (a.k.a. the Italian Stallion) heartfully...
 
<em>dutchboy_80</em>
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Black widows
A long time ago I already wrote an entry about the spread of exotic animals, including black widows, in my country, but last...
 
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wonkette.com Pro Israel Bias Showing Hard « Gawker Sucks
The Bias News from wonkette.com 1.)According to CNN, “Israel-hating ex-president Jimmy Carter” and his wife Rosslyn have been entrusted with the physically demanding job of bringing the dead body of pretend president Gerald Ford to Michigan, where...
 
GentillyGirl
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“The Dream will never die…”
I am a Kennedy child. My parents were adamant supporters of the family and the Civil Rights movement. My early life was steeped...
 
Lewis8
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Has Rudeness Replaced Thoughtfulness?
Last night I attended a chamber networking event. Not so unusual in itself; however, unusual in that a relatively brief...
 
Lewis8
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Has Rudeness Replaced Thoughtfulness?
Last night I attended a chamber networking event. Not so unusual in itself; however, unusual in that a relatively brief...
 
Sirmelja
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Why The NHS Isn't An Evil Socialist Hellhole
Luckily, I'm protected by distance here in Ireland from the at times vicious nature of the debate in the U.S. over proposed...
 
Jahsonic
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RIP Les Paul (1915 – 2009)
Les Paul (1915 – 2009)RIP Les Paul, 94, American guitarist and inventor. In 1954, Les Paul commissions Ampex to build...
94 days ago IJahsonic | Topics: American..., death, juxtapoetry
 
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The Biggest Events in Comics History
Big Deals A woman dies. A baby is born. A man and a woman wed. Everyday events occurring everywhere and therefore unremarkable. Or so you might think: These are some of the events in comic strips that once held the national attention as few other...