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manny-pacheco's picture
Mar.17.2013
An underswell of support is building for the creation of a postage stamp honoring Van Johnson, the iconic actor who appeared in A Guy Named Joe, Battleground, and The Last Time I Saw Paris, among others. He co-starred with such film luminaries as  Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor...
michael-seidel's picture
Jan.17.2013
I hadn't realized that I died before until I thought about it this morning.   It was a metaphorical death and rebirth.  The evidence was around me at a table last night. I was with my beer drinking buddies, Brains on Beers.  I asked a question about what they thought Obama will say...
alex-fraser's picture
Jan.25.2012
 Son Jason came up this evening to visit Son Guy, and we  watched  President Obama's "State of the Union Speech" to the Congress.  We agreed that the speech was one of his best.  He showed more passion than he has in the past, and many of the points he made were good ones...
matthew-biberman's picture
Jan.26.2011
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama declared that, when it comes to the business of higher education, America remains the country to beat. "We are home to the world's best colleges and universities," he said, "where more students come to study than any other...
will-durst's picture
Jan.22.2010
WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY: 4 taxpayers: 1 rich white guy banker type wearing a suit. (Bank Boy.) 2 ordinary folks wearing jeans, 1 in a blue work shirt, the other in a white shirt, no tie, sleeves rolled up (the Jeans,) and 1 person wearing clothes that look like they were involved in some sort of...
will-durst's picture
Feb.26.2009
Barack Obama's initial foray into that belly of the beast known as a joint session of Congress was nothing less than a resounding... semi- success. Sort of. It wasn't quite a State of the Union Address. His Inaugural pre-empted that. You get one or the other. That's the rule. This was a State of...