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Assigning a specific political agenda to humor, as exemplified by “The ½ Hour News Hour,” is one of the more dangerous turns that media can take. Most people accept that American news sources are biased, whether it’s a discussion about the relative merits of Fox News and National Public Radio, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, or Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann. But our humor should be nonpartisan. Jon Stewart belittles Bush as well as Hilary Clinton and Obama. Stephen Colbert mocks Republican representatives...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Half Political, Half Painful | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...touch down in the small coastal city in the West African nation of Gabon. Next to the airport exit, a gaggle of shrieking, minimally dressed women dance to loud rock on the terrace of a bar called Le Aero Club. "Come fly me!" one shouts down. Instead, I accept a taxi driver's offer of a ride into town - a 10-minute drive that costs $30. We drive past another bar, A Qui La Tour? - which roughly translates as "Whose round is it?" although the driver insists it means "Who am I having sex with next?" There are also several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Most Expensive City | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...catching,” an expression that stirs up more drama than the average land-dweller would think. “Islander,” writer-director Ian McCrudden’s latest project, chronicles the life of a lobster fisherman learning to accept the consequences of an act which tears his life apart. Although the film’s plot lacks narrative drive, the strong sense of place, quirky subject material, and solid acting carries the film from a dramatic start to a heartwarming finish. Eben Cole, a lifelong fisherman on a small island off the coast of Maine...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Islander | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

Despite what first led them to accept the College’s oft-coveted offer of admission, these students’ times in the Yard didn’t quite live up to their expectations. Pursuing happiness elsewhere, they gave up Cambridge weather and Harvard competition in favor of a more positive, less stressful environment. For some, it seems, getting out of Harvard is better than getting...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peacing Out | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...hear lots of younger people saying they'll vote for Le Pen to deny Sarkozy the presidency - or vote for Le Pen just to throw France's establishment into turmoil," Smahi says, noting the party will gladly accept all ballots, regardless of motive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Your Father's Anti-Immigrant Right | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

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