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Just weeks ago, publishing house Little, Brown and Co. was forced to recall the chick-lit novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life, by Kaavya Viswanathan, a 19-year-old Harvard sophomore, after she admitted copying parts of her bestseller from Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings, two novels by Megan McCafferty. In fact,… Read more.
The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat … is represented by U.S. imperialism. [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] With the stunning election of avowed socialists as heads of state in several Latin American countries last year, it seemed U.S. President George W. Bush’s crusade to foment democratic revolutions throughout Eastern Europe and the… Read more.
Despite the abhorrent nature of colonialism, the British introduced a few traditions that are still heartily observed throughout their former colonies in the Caribbean. And public holidays certainly fall within this cherished tradition. Curiously, unlike Americans, the British evidently saw no need to glorify their holidays with patriotic or reverential titles like President’s Day, Memorial… Read more.
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Just when we thought the political environment was safe from Al Gore’s hot air about global warming, he has returned like Montezuma’s revenge complete with even more noxious fulminations – now memorialized on celluloid. That’s right kids, Gore has one-upped his perennial nemeses, Bill & Hillary Clinton, by getting his Hollywood friends to make a… Read more.
Lance Armstrong lost many fans a couple years ago when he dumped his wife Kristin, with whom he has three children, for rock star Sheryl Crow. Apparently, these cycling fans sympathized with Kristin who nursed him through radiation treatment for testicular cancer and stood by his side when many thought his cycling career was over.… Read more.
I suppose one has to be of a certain age for this coming-out-of-the-closet marvel to have any meaning. But, for those of us who qualify, the news that Batwoman will be featured as an active lesbian in a forthcoming series of comic books is very titillating indeed. However, where many are heralding this news as… Read more.
