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...Dark Days at Newspaper" is a headline that could run on the front page of almost any daily paper in America. Advertising, circulation and relevance are heading downward, and with rounds of layoffs and spending cuts, the cranky, daylight-deprived souls who toil away in newspaper offices are understandably gloomy. The blogosphere churns around the clock with portrayals of newspapers as conservative and out of touch, while feeding like maggots on the content those newspapers provide. Right-wing radio bashes newspapers as too liberal. Far worse than all the criticism is the cold reality that there is simply no stopping...
...That "Lafayette, we are here" spin was more than welcome in 1976, America's bicentennial year. It is also true that the internationalization and democratization of the wine business that almost immediately followed was probably a nice breath of fresh air in what had been a tightly sealed cellar. But still, the lack of authentic surprise and eccentricity in the story and its characters, the sense that everyone concerned with the picture (possibly excepting Rickman, who projects an unwelcoming sullenness that may not be funny but is at least weirdly human) is eagerly looking for the easy...
...rivalry between President George W. Bush and McCain, his reference to McCain's divergence from Bush on policy issues is dramatically overstated [July 28]. While McCain's previous vocal opposition to Bush's agenda has secured him the "maverick" label, his Senate record has followed the party line on almost every major issue except tax cuts (a position he has since reversed) and torture. Katie Mercuro, Ashburn...
...front of the White House to take a stand, but at this moment, the protesters were just part of the scene. Their shaggy beards and cardboard hats, painted signs and missing teeth, the plastic tarps with over-sized binder clips, the bright sun, the over-the top wig, the almost-circus like quality, perfect for photo-ops with friendly visitors and young families...
Wait, is that the lanky Utah Jazz forward and Russian basketball star Andrei Kirilenko in the chair, knees almost hitting his chin? Why, yes it is. You'll never see LeBron in the salon, since the U.S. basketball team is once again shunning the Village, opting for the comforts of Beijing's five-star InterContinental hotel. Kirilenko, who will make $15 million this season, says the Village facilitates team bonding, but he won't knock the U.S. for its élitism. "You get used to doing things a certain way," he says. "It's all right." With basketball's popularity...