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- When Free Speech Doesn’t Come Free - Middle East Online
The attacks against Carter, Finkelstein, Walt and Mearsheimer serve as a few well-known examples of the consequences writers and intellectuals face when they breach the line and criticize Israel, says Remi Kanazi . Free speech is not without ...
- B-52s rocking along with Cyndi Lauper (Miami Herald)
The rejuvenated B-52s -- Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson -- are still dancing this mess around 30 years after their deliriously wacko hit Rock Lobster shook up common notions of what rock 'n' roll should, and could, be.
- Books with local links have long shelf lives - Baytown Sun
As mentioned in the previous column, many books with Baytown connections occupy space in my bookcase. Let the browsing continue: In 1979 Texas Monthly Press published a political potboiler, “The Power Exchange,” by former Sun reporter Alan Erwin ...
- Share Print View Comments - Huffingtonpost.com
LISTEN TO THE FULL OBAMA April 6. FUNDRAISER SPEECH HERE Some highlights - Obama responds to Krugman toward the end of the audio (46:20); Obama discloses his trip to Pakistan (40:17); Obama discusses fundraising successes (15 min); Obama discusses ...
- To breed or not to breed - Salon
June 27, 2008 | Hearty and overstuffed, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" arrives at bookstores this summer well-positioned to step into the niche pioneered by "Cold Mountain": the chewy yet suspenseful literary bestseller with a taproot in the classics ...
- Sheryl Crow Reschedules Bay Area Performance - SF Weekly Blogs
Sheryl Crow Reschedules Bay Area PerformanceSF Weekly Blogs, CA - 6 hours ago... this special event will feature numerous musical performances, spoken word, poetry, story telling and displays of historical family artifacts. ...
- MOLOCH Music & Poetry Showcase - Dublinks
DublinksMOLOCH Music & Poetry ShowcaseDublinks, Ireland - 1 hour agoOn 31st July, online music and writing journal Moloch presents a fantastic showcase of some of its finest contributors, in the intimate surrounds of the ...
- Commerce City Beacon - Commerce City Beacon
Commerce City BeaconCommerce City Beacon, CO - 1 hour agoHis anecdotes are witty as his columns always are and his poetry is unique and clever. In the forward he says, “I don’t have to make this stuff up! ...
- Tehran-based ECI to honor Iqbal Lahori - IranMania News
Tehran-based ECI to honor Iqbal LahoriIranMania News, Iran - 2 hours agoFor the same reason, he chose Persian poetry as the vehicle for conveying his thoughts to a greater number of Muslims, besides his native Urdu. ...
- Jean-Luc Godard - New University Online
Jean-Luc GodardNew University Online, CA - 3 hours agoA lot of the poetry in rap has been watered down to an obnoxious bass line, along with a rapper that rhymes the word “grill” repeatedly. ...
- Haunted by his prison job - Las Vegas Sun
Haunted by his prison jobLas Vegas Sun, NV - 2 hours agoOnce he left, he published poetry in newspapers and magazines about the job, and started a blog, Vegas Quixote, where he does more of the same: tell stories ...
- Jeanette (Yox) Helmbrecht - Jamestown Post Journal
Jeanette (Yox) HelmbrechtJamestown Post Journal, NY - 10 hours agoShe was a distinguished poet and member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Illinois State Poetry Society. She considered herself a social activist ...
- For Chris Hedges on the Fourth of July - OpEdNews.com
I came across an article by well respected, supposedly left-leaning journalist, Mr. Chris Hedges, on common dreams.org , a "progressive" news site which I sometimes visit though I hate that label, and I felt compelled to respond to his hysterical ...
- 2008 Kansas Notable Books Eagle staff (The Wichita Eagle)
Fifteen books have a place on the third annual Kansas Notable Book List, announced by the State Library of Kansas. The list, which includes fiction, nonfiction and children's books, honors books released in the preceding year either by Kansas authors or about Kansas. For this year's list, 122 books were considered, state librarian Roy Bird said in a news release. The books, listed ...
- Queer Up North 2008 (RainbowNetwork.com)
Queer Up North is Europe’s most ambitious queer festival. This year, despite threats of funding cuts from the Arts Council of Great Britain (which the organisers successfully contested), the festival is back, bigger and better than ever.
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