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- Who We Are - Slate
David Plotz is editor of Slate . Before joining the magazine in 1996, Plotz was a senior editor and staff writer for the Washington City Paper . Plotz has written for the New York Times Magazine , Harper's , Rolling Stone , GQ, the New Republic , and ...
- PURPLE PATCH: Moving to the sciences —Baron De Montesquieu - Daily Times
PURPLE PATCH: Moving to the sciences —Baron De MontesquieuDaily Times, Pakistan - 2 hours agoThe books of pure spirit, like those of poetry and eloquence, have at least general utility; and these sorts of benefits are often greater than particular ...
- Show your support. - Huffingtonpost.com
Hot on the heels of California's legalizing of gay marriage comes a new social study on healthy marriages. The New York Times reports that "same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships." After Vermont ...
- Getting accused by the feds of running a high-stakes prostitution ... - Seattle Weekly
Mexicans and their employers are being caught up in border patrol's anti-terror initiatives. A Streetcar Named Desire Intiman Theatre, Seattle Center, 269-1900. $10–$51. Mostly 7:30 p.m. Tues.–Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat.–Sun.; see www ...
- Kingsolver to speak at festival - Salina Journal
Kingsolver to speak at festivalSalina Journal, KS - 4 hours agoKingsolver, a National Humanities Medal recipient in 2000, has written several novels and collections of poetry and prose. Her latest book, "Animal, ...
- A Woman Who Broke Poetry's Glass Ceiling - Huffingtonpost.com
Hillary Clinton's eloquent endorsement of Barack Obama last Saturday included some reflection on what her campaign, which had achieved so much success, meant for women: "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this ...
- Home is where the heart is - Economic Times
LUCKNOW, the ‘Shiraz of Awadh’ and ‘Constantinople of India’, as it is metaphorically called, is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Located in what was historically known as the Awadh region, Lucknow has always been a multi-cultural city. Courtly ...
- Ian Hunter on William Topaz McGonagall, the world's worst poet - National Post
Ian Hunter on William Topaz McGonagall, the world's worst poetNational Post, Canada - 3 hours agoMcGonagall would be sad to learn that perhaps his most famous poem, Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silver Tay, is used in schools as an object lesson in ...
- Genome v climate change for science book prize (Guardian Unlimited)
Craig Venter's Life Decoded and Mark Lynas Six Degrees have seen off competition from the likes of Stephen Pinker to reach the shortlist of the Royal Society's Science book prize
- 'Kid crunch time' can be cruelest season - CNN
NEW YORK (AP) -- My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the ...
- "Warring soul with your delicate anger": The Anniversary of the ... - BuzzFlash
"Warring soul with your delicate anger": The Anniversary of the ...BuzzFlash, IL - 16 minutes agoFor the celebration at the US Capitol in November 2005 of what would have been the 80th birthday of Robert Kennedy, I wrote a poem to RFK. ...
- Io: Christians and Patriots - OpEdNews.com
A call to prayer and other distant moons. Like all successful plagues, it will probably recede when it runs out of fuel . -wp A word, please. I’ll try to be nice. You used to frighten me. Then you just flat-out bored me. Now I wish you’d just go ...
- Poetic justice: Robert Frost and roads of right and wrong - San Jose Mercury News
Poetic justice: Robert Frost and roads of right and wrongSan Jose Mercury News, USA - Jun 25, 2008His idea, which the judge embraced, was that part of the young invaders' community service would involve discussing Frost's poetry with me. ...
- Educators' dedication earns them honors (Kenosha News)
For Mary Hawkins and Renee Frazier-Morrison, educating children has always been among their highest of priorities. But both women believe that teaching goes beyond their classrooms in the Kenosha Unified School District.
- Lauderdale conference offers real-world advice for artists - Sun-Sentinel.com
Lauderdale conference offers real-world advice for artistsSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 22 minutes ago... Katrina's devastating effect on blacks through television appearances on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. On Saturday, Black Ice encouraged novice ...
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