When Eric asked me to compile a list of my top five movies of 2007, I thought long and hard about it—if by “long,” you mean “the amount of time it takes me to make a sandwich,” and by “hard,” you mean “just enough so as not to distract me from sandwich-making.” As I spend […]
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Now that we’ve all settled in to weather the storm, made it through the traffic, and thawed out the starving, urine-soaked children, it’s time to reflect on the way Rhode Islanders reacted with characteristic aplomb and grace under fire to a winter storm that, while unusual in its speed and intensity, is not entirely outside
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I got an email from the URI College Republicans this morning informing me about their Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, which is being simultaneously launched on over 200 campuses nationwide from October 22 to 26. Chairman Ryan Bilodeau says, “Through indoctrination in the classroom, the political left on campus has repeatedly shown that they value winning their
The New York Times reports today that support is waning in the House for a Democratic sponsored resolution condemning the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1917. While many of us agree that the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people based on race or ethnicity is to be frowned
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Column: The Malcontent by John Taraborelli It seems that there has been a rash of protests gone wrong lately. The Bush years have provided us with countless protest-worthy offenses, and certainly protesting, and the right to it, has played a vital role in our country’s history. Sometimes the ugly abuses of people in power require
In a surprise move today, Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated a largely unknown cabinet official, Victor Zubkov, for the post of prime minister, replacing Mikhail Fradkov, who resigned this week. The nomination is bound to prompt speculation and curiosity, as the end of Putin’s reign nears and he will likely groom a successor.
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During my research on this morning’s announcement of Putin’s nomination of Victor Zubkov for the post of prime minister, I came across a rare bit of good news from Russia: citizens of Ulyanovsk, birthplace of Lenin, have been given the day off from work to have sex. Yes, with the blessing of the city council,
Democracy is alive and kicking today as the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees convened to hear testimony on things we already know about an unwinnable war they are seemingly powerless to stop from two individuals, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who ascended to their posts too late to prevent a disaster. I spent
With the release of his new album, Graduation, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Kanye West has angrily lashed out at the media for devoting more time to a national tragedy of biblical proportions than the release of the hip-hop superstar’s uneven third album. “It damages the credibility of the media when
Once again I subjected myself to the entirety of the MTV Video Music Awards, as I do year after year for some inexplicable reason. This year, I decided to break my tradition of drinking two forties during the live broadcast and it proved to be a mistake.For those that missed it, this may not have
Terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden and washed-up yahoo Britney Spears go head-to-head this weekend as both make auspicious and highly-anticipated returns to the media stage. On Thursday, Al-Sahab, Al Qaeda’s media arm announced the imminent release of a new Bin Laden tape. Early buzz said that his formerly gray beard had been dyed a luxurious