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- Newspaper editorials from around the nation and world (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
The following are excerpts from recent newspaper editorials in the United States and abroad:On China and OlympicsFrom the Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal-Courier:Many people hoped that holding this year's Olympic Games in Beijing would serve as a lever to induce China to act more as a mature member of the international community.
- Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival - MSN UK News
PARATY, Brazil (Reuters) - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers. "This is magnificent," said the 47 ...
- Avoid Whatever Offends You - Inside Higher Ed
The legislation there would require public colleges to provide students with “alternative coursework” if a student finds the assigned material “personally offensive,” which is defined as something that “conflicts with the student’s ...
- Gullah Geechee Festival cooks up culture today and tomorrow - Myrtle Beach Online
You can know folks by the food they eat, and organizers of the sixth annual Gullah Geechee Festival want people to heap plenty of the culture onto their plates today and Saturday. Organizers said food will be a centerpiece of the festival and reflect ...
- Edward Albee at 80: Still a 'Young Troublemaker' - Wall Street Journal
Last Wednesday, just before a preview performance of "Edward Albee's Occupant," an evocation of the late sculptor Louise Nevelson, the theater's house manager made a brief statement. "I wanted to let you all know," she said, "that Mr. Albee is in the ...
- Service is Tuesday for Carrie Allen McCray Nickens (The State)
A memorial service for the writer Carrie Allen McCray Nickens will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Second Calvary Baptist Church, 1110 Mason Road in Columbia. Manigault-Hurley Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Nickens, who died Friday at 95, became a well-known and respected writer in her 70s. Her first poetry book, “Piece of Time,” was published in 1993. She came to much wider ...
- Searching for peace in silence (Honolulu Advertiser)
I couldn't resist Desiderata's invitation to "go placidly amidst the noise and haste and remember what peace there is in silence."
- Celebrating thge Cuban Revolution - Green Left Weekly
Celebrating thge Cuban RevolutionGreen Left Weekly, Australia - 9 minutes agoLater on July 26, 35 people were inspired by Cuban poetry and Latin American music at a celebration of the revolution organised by the Australia-Cuba ...
- Jake La Botz to Release "Most Depressing Allbum Ever" and Preps ... - Modern Guitars Magazine (press release)
Modern Guitars Magazine (press release)Jake La Botz to Release "Most Depressing Allbum Ever" and Preps ...Modern Guitars Magazine (press release), CA - 4 hours agoThe Chicago Sun-Times said: “La Botz is skilled at crafting talking-blues numbers that are pure poetry. His storytelling roots lie deep in the Delta and ...
- Lake Winnipeg writers make their voices heard - Interlake Spectator
Lake Winnipeg writers make their voices heardInterlake Spectator, Canada - 4 hours agoEdited by Nancy Clark, it is a diverse collection of poetry, short fiction and non-fiction written by 13 of the group’s 25 members whose work was selected ...
- Preschool immersion program to start - Burlingame Daily News
Preschool immersion program to startBurlingame Daily News, CA - Jul 27, 2008... science, poetry and stories. "We need to make the most of the preschool years," said Cheryl Shrewsbury, the program's principal. A child's "first five ...
- Night Life - New Yorker
New YorkerNight LifeNew Yorker, United States - 1 hour agoJuly 18: Brazzaville is led by the guitarist and singer David Brown, an old friend and sideman of Beck’s. The group started out in the Los Angeles ...
- Youth equisterian: Meet in Mystic - Norwich Bulletin
- Evergreen Hunter: Chippa Sunshine ridden by Marissa Sylvester 1st, 1st, 3rd, 1st = Champion. - Modified Adult Equitation Joanne Dawley 3rd, 4th, ---; Marya Monte 4th, 1st, 4th = Reserve Champion; Pam McChesney ---, ---, 3rd. - Modified Adult Hunter ...
- Lied Center Presents Laurie Anderson's Homeland - Kansas City infoZine
Lied Center Presents Laurie Anderson's HomelandKansas City infoZine, MO - 2 hours agoHOMELAND examines, amongst additional topics, American-style totalitarianism, shifting images of empire and reality shows. At the Lied Center, HOMELAND will ...
- The presidency: 'Monkey god' in the middle? (WorldNet Daily)
You can be sure presidential candidate Barack Obama is not the only one in America with a Hanuman monkey-god keychain bouncing around in his back pocket. So why condemn him for idol worship or worse? How narrow-minded, insular and jingoistic have some of us become? Don't answer that!
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