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Repeal health care? Give up your own first!
Repeal health care? Give up your own first! For 2 years, GOP leaders in Congress fought tooth and nail to oppose health care reform. They did their best to keep tens of millions without coverage, decrying any effort to help citizens as “socialist,” “fascist” or some other equally baffling “ist.” …
My Bog: 2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meterâ„¢ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 36,000 times in 2010. …
Gay Bashing at the Smithsonian – NYTimes.com: Frank Rich
EACH Aug. 4, my wife Alex and I visit a church to light candles for two people we loved who both died tragically on that day two years apart — my mother, killed at 64 in a car crash, and Alex’s closest friend from graduate school, killed by AIDS at …
Korea admiral statue Yi Sun-sin: South Koreans at sword's point over hero's statue – latimes.com
Reporting from Seoul — For four decades, the statue of Adm. Yi Sun-sin has gazed out from its pedestal in downtown Gwanghwamun Plaza, sheathed sword clutched proudly in the fighter’s right hand as he grasps the waistcoat of his battle uniform with the other. The Joseon Dynasty naval commander who …
Brooklyn's Williamsburg becomes new front line of the gentrification battle | World news | The Observer
Jennifer Nelson gasped as she set foot inside the giant, spotlessly clean space that is the new Duane Reade drugstore in New York‘s hip and bohemian neighbourhood of Williamsburg. “It is huge. It is a kind of sterile feeling. This is not the kind of place that I want to …
After Upheaval, Not All Is Well With Thai Youth – NYTimes.com
NA CHUEAK, THAILAND — Three months ago, images of protesters battling the military in the streets of Bangkok seized the world’s attention. Now, by some measures, Thailand is bouncing back: the country’s economy is projected to grow as fast as 7.5 percent this year, and the government is pushing ahead …
In Rare Bow to Public, Russian Tower to be Moved – NYTimes.com
MOSCOW — The city authorities in St. Petersburg intend to relocate a planned 1,299-foot glass-and-steel tower for the state energy company Gazprom, saying it has caused too much dissension among architects and residents for it to be built at the chosen site in the city’s historic center. With the …
12/10 cartoon: Mike Luckovich on education cuts | Mike Luckovich
12/10 cartoon: Mike Luckovich on education cuts | Mike Luckovich.
Jaguar defeats caiman in battle of predators – Telegraph
They are two of the most feared predators in the jungle, but there could only be one survivor as a leopard and a caiman locked jaws in the depths of the Brazilian rainforest. The photographs of the jaguar attacking the caiman were taken in the Pantanal region of Brazil Jaguar …