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Barack Obama myths revisited
The Swampby James Oliphant While the punditocracy continues to debate whether The New Yorker cover featuring Barack and Michelle Obama and their "terrorist fist-bump" was satirical or inflammatory, it's worth digging down and looking at how myths about the...Tags: Political Candidates, Barack Obama, Elections, Ku Klux Klan
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Chris Russo does not find Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive
WatchdogGot tired of listening to WFAN, 1050 ESPN and WIP so checking in on Chris Russo on Sirius XM right now. For the past few minutes he has been going down the list of movies now out and announcing which......Tags: No Country for Old Men (movie), Scarlett Johansson, Entertainment, Valkyrie (movie), Movies
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Obama and House GOP make nice
The Swampby Frank James It sounds like the meeting between President Obama and House Republicans was friendly and respectful, with Republicans coming away feeling that Obama was a man they could work with. Unfortunately, it sounds like their antipathy for House......Tags: Mike Pence, Republican Party, Peter T. King, Parliament, Government
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TGIF: Jobs down, Dave spins, LI bikes, Mike panders
Spin CycleIn case you haven't seen it yet, the national jobless rate is the highest since 1983, the third year of the Reagan administration. Ol' Dutch ran in 1980 on how lousy the economy was under the Dems, kinda like......Tags: Jerry Lewis, Republican Party, Juan Gonzalez, John Kerry
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 1
WatchdogReviewing entries in the Tribeca/ESPN Film Festival that most readers never will see is a WatchDog tradition dating to the first full day of the blog's existence, May 3, 2007. This year is no exception. So, let's begin: "The Swimsuit......Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Sports, TriBeCa Film Festival, Martin Short
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Sheila Alu: Broward's 'Zelig' -- or Linda Tripp?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsWhat do the FBI's Broward corruption sting and Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner's troubles with the state's judicial watchdog agency have in common? Sheila Alu. Alu, a Sunrise city commissioner and lawyer who works for the Broward State Attorney's...Tags: Trials, Crimes, Justice System, Scott Rothstein, Murder
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: Mahalia Jackson, Dave Garroway, Upper West Side, Illinois Institute of Technology, Arts and Culture
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When working from home, the office can always find you
Rita VanderWaal lives outside Chicago. Her boss works out of company headquarters in Troy, Mich. Her office is ostensibly in suburban West Dundee. But she usually works from home — unless she's on the road, as she was Tuesday. "My boss is quite...
Tags: Marissa Mayer, Career and Workplace, Starbucks Corp., Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Confronting artist Kara Walker
Kara Walker will be difficult. This gets whispered to you by enough people in the art world and you start to believe it: She's humorless! Confrontational! Intimidating! David Mamet intimidating! And this week, before the Thursday opening of “...
Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, University of Chicago, Arts and Culture, Whitney Museum, David Mamet
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Fallin' for a scene by Allen
There is a brilliant scene in the Woody Allen movie "Annie Hall" that makes my imagination run wild. The scene puts the main character, Alvey, back in his elementary school classroom, watching as his younger self gets disciplined for kissing a girl....Tags: Annie Hall (movie), Elementary Schools, Schools
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Everybody's Sneaking Snacks Into the Movies
The Hartford CourantSneaking food into the movies starts off small but quickly escalates: First it's the small bag of M&Ms, followed by the bottle of water, the home-popped popcorn, the fast-food meal, the picnic spread … until one day you find yourself grilling. So,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Popcorn, Entertainment, Movies
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Europe or Bust! (With Kids)
Not since Clark Griswold attempted a transatlantic trip for "European Vacation" has a family set forth so blindly into the unknown. Not one of us had been to Europe prior to my family's June 14th sweep through Switzerland, France and Germany and it was...
Tags: PlayStation Portable, Lifestyle and Leisure, Europe, Trips and Vacations, Restaurants
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