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Darrelle Revis, Jets Agree To 4-Year Deal

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Darrelle Revis, Jets Agree To 4-Year Deal:

NEW YORK — Revis Island is open for business again – just in time for the New York Jets to start their Super Bowl run.

All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis and the Jets agreed in principle to a…

Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Podcast: 2010 Summer Wrap-Up of Sci-Fi, Horror, & Fantasy Film

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Podcast: 2010 Summer Wrap-Up of Sci-Fi, Horror, & Fantasy Film:

It’s a special Labor Day edition of the Cinefantastique Podcast. Eschewing the usual round-up of news and reviews, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski provide their assessment on the…

Larry Ashmead Dies: Successful Book Editor Dead At 78

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Larry Ashmead Dies: Successful Book Editor Dead At 78:

A 9-year-old boy once visited his local library in Rochester to hear a mystery writer read from her book. But what particularly thrilled him was to learn that the author had a day job as an editor…

Ellen Galinsky: We Need Play-cations, Not Just Vacations

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Ellen Galinsky: We Need Play-cations, Not Just Vacations:

It’s Labor Day Weekend—the last weekend of summer before we plunge into fall. Hurricane Earl swept up the East Coast, missing us, but bringing cold biting winds that, even amid the bright…

Labor Day Poems: The Poetry Foundation Favorites

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Labor Day Poems: The Poetry Foundation Favorites:

The Poetry Foundation
By Becca Klaver

For the United States’ 129th Labor Day, we bring you a variety of poems, podcasts, and articles—some meditate on work, while others evoke restful,…

Glenn W. Smith: Right-Wing Voter Suppression Effort Caught Using Doctored Photo

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Glenn W. Smith: Right-Wing Voter Suppression Effort Caught Using Doctored Photo:

A right-wing group in Houston engaged in a systematic voter suppression and intimidation effort used a doctored photo in its showcase video. Tellingly, a hand-lettered sign carried by an…

'Work' On Labor Day 2010: Stunning Photographs From New Book Of Charles LeDray's Artwork (PHOTOS)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

'Work' On Labor Day 2010: Stunning Photographs From New Book Of Charles LeDray's Artwork (PHOTOS):

“CHARLES LEDRAY: workworkworkworkwork” brings together over 25 years of remarkable work by Mr. LeDray, an artist who makes meticulously detailed, handcrafted work presented at an unexpected,…

Van Der Sloot Admits Extorting Holloway's Parents: Report

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Van Der Sloot Admits Extorting Holloway's Parents: Report:

AMSTERDAM — The Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway has acknowledged extorting money from Holloway’s…

David Woolner: FDR and Labor: Earning Our Way Out of the Great Recession

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

David Woolner: FDR and Labor: Earning Our Way Out of the Great Recession:

In a recent editorial in the New York Times, former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, writes that this Labor Day promises to be one of the worst in decades. Organized labor, he notes, is down to a…

Metropolitan Opera Racking Up Expenses On 'Ring Cycle'

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Metropolitan Opera Racking Up Expenses On 'Ring Cycle':

Opera lovers are buzzing that the enormous cost of the upcoming productions of Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” could bankrupt the Metropolitan Opera, which ran a $4 million deficit this year.

Tony Blair Cancels Book Signing Over Protests

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Tony Blair Cancels Book Signing Over Protests:

LONDON — Tony Blair on Monday canceled a planned public appearance in London to promote his new memoir over concerns about potential disruption from protesters.

The former British prime minister…

Eric Margolis: MIDEAST PEACE TALKS A CRUEL CHARADE

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Eric Margolis: MIDEAST PEACE TALKS A CRUEL CHARADE:

On 2 Sept, 2001, in a newspaper article, I wrote: “America’s strategic and economic interests in the Mideast and Muslim world are being threatened by the agony in Palestine, which inevitably…

Venus Williams' U.S. Open Outfit: Short, Skimpy & Pink (PICTURES)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Venus Williams' U.S. Open Outfit: Short, Skimpy & Pink (PICTURES):

Venus Williams’ latest U.S. Open outfit is drawing plenty of attention. The tennis superstar showed up at the Grand Slam event Sunday in a skimpy pinkish red outfit — hardly the first time she…

Shoya Tomizawa Dead: Teenage Rider Killed At Moto2 Event

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Shoya Tomizawa Dead: Teenage Rider Killed At Moto2 Event:

MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy — Motorcycle racing endured its second tragedy in eight days Sunday, this time at the San Marino Grand Prix.

Shoya Tomizawa became the second teenage rider to die in the…

Denver Bike-Sharing Program Looks To Expand

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:20 -0400

Denver Bike-Sharing Program Looks To Expand:

Denver’s bike-sharing program is rolling along with plans to add four B-cycle stations downtown in the next few weeks.

“The goal is to have 50 stations by fall,” said Brent Tongco, communications…

Alan Elsner: New Cello-Piano Duo Brings Insights into "Russian Soul"

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:45 -0400

Alan Elsner: New Cello-Piano Duo Brings Insights into "Russian Soul":

I’m generally suspicious of national stereotypes but a new CD recording of cello and piano works by Russian composers illuminates and gives life to the concept known as the “Russian soul.” The…

Michael Roth: Labor Day and the Start of the Semester

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:45 -0400

Michael Roth: Labor Day and the Start of the Semester:

As students plan their courses for the fall, and as faculty plan their curricula, how should we connect the reality of labor and unemployment to the broad liberal learning we so value?
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Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Indoctri-Nation

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:45 -0400

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Indoctri-Nation:

The Ministry of Indoctrination

This past week Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education issued a “directive” effectively outlawing distance learning (or education programs that are not delivered in the…

Obama To Push For Research And Development Tax Credits

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:45 -0400

Obama To Push For Research And Development Tax Credits:

WASHINGTON — Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits…

Jim Luce: Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:45 -0400

Jim Luce: Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11:

One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in Florida. The Dove World Outreach Center in…