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Can the NBA be saved? A modest proposal...
Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:17 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )
"I'd love to see a miraculous buzzer-beater that solves all the structural problems and gets me a season to watch. But right now that seems less likely than does the idea that the NBA as we have known it is gone for good."
How online learning companies bought America's schools
Seeded on Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:48 AM EST (The Nation)
"From Idaho to Indiana to Florida, recently passed laws will radically reshape the face of education in America, shifting the responsibility of teaching generations of Americans to online education businesses, many of which have poor or nonexistent track records.
Sacha Baron Cohen's greatest character yet
Seeded on Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:24 PM EST (YouTube)
"Craig Reucassel interviews comedy genius Sacha Baron Cohen in character as his latest creation: climate skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton."
Deep intellect: Inside the mind of the octopus
Seeded on Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:09 AM EST (Orion Magazine)
"She was very significant to me, both as an individual and as a representative from her octopodan world. She had given me a great gift: a deeper understanding of what it means to think, to feel, and to know. I was eager to meet more of her kind."
Merrill Markoe, patron saint of women in TV comedy writing
Seeded on Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:16 PM EST (The Hairpin)
"What I love is tiny details, detailed observation. That's what kills me about Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader: the tiny details and gestures and reactions that they add to the people they play are so careful and well-observed. I am also a sucker for arcane references.
Herman Cain's Campaign Promises (with Mike Tyson)
Seeded on Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:41 AM EST (Romantic-Future from elenastefankova - Video)
"I'm running for president and leading in the Republican polls. Why? Because the Tea Party loves crazy more than they hate blacks, and I'm crazier than a sh*thouse rat."
Teresa Milbrodt on the economics of being-looked-at-ness
Seeded on Tue Nov 8, 2011 6:43 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )
"Teresa Milbrodt is earning a good bit of acclaim lately, and her new short story collection, Bearded Women: Stories, should only amplify her reputation. We were able to persuade the gracious but extremely busy Milbrodt to field a few questions..."
Robyn Hitchcock looks back
Seeded on Mon Nov 7, 2011 2:21 AM EST (A.V. Club)
"It was 1979. I think the Russians might've invaded Afghanistan. Generally, the pendulum had swung as far as it was going to toward the left, and it was beginning to go back to the right.
Taking on Uganda's elusive Lord's Resistance Army
Seeded on Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:40 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
"It is a small, limited deployment by President Barack Obama, in a country where America now has a fairly complex set of interests, ranging from Uganda's new oil fields to its vital role in the peacekeeping operation in nearby Somalia."
Actor Zachary Quinto comes out in honor of bullied teen
Seeded on Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:15 PM EDT (CNN)
Actor Zachary Quinto, known for playing Spock in the 2009 'Star Trek' remake and his role as Sylar on the television show 'Heroes,' acknowledged his homosexuality in a post on his website Sunday, saying the action comes after the suicide of a 14-year-old who killed himself after …
Why liberals should embrace Occupy Wall Street
Seeded on Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:13 PM EDT (TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic)
"The heart of the movement is its focus on the inequality of wealth and power, and the way that it has undermined American democracy. Many liberals recognize those values and have, with some caution, embraced the movement. They are wise to do so."
Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne
Seeded on Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:51 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
"It is easy to tell if you're in an Alawite area in Syria these days. It will be the place where every available space is festooned with pictures of President Bashar, his brother Maher or their father Hafez.
Gorbachev on causes and implications of the end of the Soviet Union
Seeded on Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:38 PM EDT (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
"In a rare sit-down interview, Lilia Shevtsova asks former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to reflect on the fall of the Soviet Union, U.S. actions in the last twenty years, and Putin and Medvedev's roles in Russia today."
Washington nickname not hailed by all
Seeded on Fri Oct 7, 2011 3:54 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
"If the team was called the Blackskins, you think Clinton Portis is suiting up for Dan Snyder on Sunday?"
Righthaven ruling by judge ''stunning rebuke'' of copyright troll, attorney says
Seeded on Thu Oct 6, 2011 5:58 PM EDT (Westword)
"In the end, Righthaven simply didn't have a legal leg to stand on. Having been present for the legal arguments before the court, it was obvious from the start that Righthaven had simply painted themselves into a legal corner. It was actually quite sad to witness."
Ten years of meltdown in Pakistan
Seeded on Tue Oct 4, 2011 12:47 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
By Ahmed Rashid. Excerpt:
Top prosecutor Schneiderman stands out by pushing back
Seeded on Tue Oct 4, 2011 2:11 AM EDT (The New York Times)
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Predators and robots at war
Seeded on Mon Oct 3, 2011 5:35 PM EDT (The New York Review of Books)
"We modeled the controller after the PlayStation because that's what these eighteen-, nineteen-year-old Marines have been playing with pretty much all of their lives."
Historians politely remind nation to check what's happened in past before making any big decisions
Seeded on Mon Oct 3, 2011 3:29 PM EDT (The Onion)
"When you think about it, a lot of things have happened already. That's what history is."
Flashback! Psychedelic research returns
Seeded on Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:43 PM EDT (Salon.com)
"Today I don't have a sense of death like I used to. I see it as part of the flow of nature. There's grieving and sadness, of course, but what's being lost is this false sense of separateness we create."
The shame of college sports
Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:01 PM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Taylor Branch, quoting Sonny Vaccaro: "You sold your souls, and you're going to continue selling them. You can be very moral and righteous in asking me that question, sir, but there's not one of you in this room that's going to turn down any of our money. You're going to take it.
Seamless transition: Pentagon spokesman moves to BP America
Seeded on Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:34 PM EDT (DeSmogBlog)
"The new job for Morrell, then, is less anything 'new,' and more so, a textbook example of the revolving door..."
End poverty. Attack it. Now.
Seeded on Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:17 PM EDT (Scholars and Rogues )
You know someone who lives in poverty. You may not realize it, but you do.
The motive for terrorism that officials dare not acknowledge
Seeded on Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:44 PM EDT (Foreign Policy In Focus | Home)
"The night raids and the drone strikes continue, as though the risk of widespread and intense anger toward the United States in those countries doesn't make any difference to the policymakers."
Elam welcomes Janikowski to 63-yard club
Seeded on Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:54 AM EDT (The Denver Post)
"It's not an easy thing by any stretch but I think there 32 kickers in the league that have the ability to make that kick. I wouldn't be surprised if the record fell this Sunday."
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Occupy L.A. protesters remain mostly peaceful in faceoff with policeWe're going to do this as gently as possible," Cmdr. Andrew Smith said. "Our goal is to not arrest anybody."
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More than 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, cleared the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from a park around City Hall and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave. Similar raids in Philadelphia led to 52 arrests, but the scene in both cities was relatively peaceful.
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NASA's Curiosity rover, the biggest and most sophisticated robotic explorer ever built, blasted off on Saturday on a journey to Mars, where it will hunt for signs life once existed there. Curiosity, which is the size of a large car and weighs one ton, has a laser beam for zappin …
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