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The Pre-existing Condition of Rape
Cirrhosis, Huntington’s Chorea, Parkinson’s Disease, and now rape: perfectly valid reasons for denial of health insurance coverage. One of these things is not like the other, and while womens’ health groups have tried to raise awareness via the web for…
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My First Kiss: An Oral History
“I have no idea what her name was. Something Polish. It was a girl at a family reunion…” Selections from answers from interviews taken by students for English 251: Interviews and Oral History class at The College of Saint Rose:
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Things to Think About: Publishing Links
Richard Nash on “The Continuous Permanent Reinvention of Publishing” Booksellers ask the Justice Department to investigate the book price war under way between Wal-Mart, Amazon and Target. Google opponents urge court not to restrict comments on a revised book search…
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Annals of Advertising: American Dreamin’
Fishing for ladies? Have we got a car for you. More from the annals of advertising.
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Booty Hunting for the Brainy
Bibliophiles of the world, take note: if you are not an inhabitant of the Twin Cities, you could be missing a chance to put your literary acumen to practical use. The literati of the “most literate city of 2008” have…
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Morning Coffee
Did we evolve from rocks? I sure hope so! Gabriel Garcia Marquez was under surveillance for years. Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission. Where do I sign up? “Hello, you’ve won the Nobel.” Museums are running out of room,…
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Conversations About the Internet #3: Jonathan Zittrain on Civility and Freedom Online
I think we’re really at a place where it’s hard to predict the future, where governments haven’t fully realized just how much power is falling into their laps, nor have people realized how much power they stand to lose.
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By the Seventies We Were Living in the Future
Synth Britannia is a documentary about the emergence of British synth pop (trailer here), from the “sinister” 1971 Moog score for A Clockwork Orange to Depeche Mode, and the Telegraph has published an interesting review of the film. First key…
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With All Due Respect to Cormac McCarthy
“When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold and the ditch he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. Not in a weird way.” The Millions brings you “The Road: A Comedic Translation.”
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Universal Authorship
You saw it coming. Your grandma has a blog and your friend’s tweets are invading whatever small sliver of silent privacy you had left. We’re all becoming authors. Is this trend inevitable?
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Richard LeComte: The Last Book I Loved, The Assassin’s Song
Having read several textbooks in library science and young adult novels over the past few months, my memory turns eagerly back to The Assassin’s Song by M. G. Vassanji, which I read last year. This book mixes the yearnings of…