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...which “spoilers”—like Nader—tipped the scales in favor of a less popular candidate. His examples include not only five presidential campaigns, but also a Louisiana gubernatorial race in which spoilers led to a final vote between an egregiously corrupt Democrat and a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. In exhaustive detail, Poundstone describes the machinations of political camps as they seek to exploit minor parties for their own gains.Poundstone’s central argument boils down to a repudiation of the plurality voting method. Although plurality...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pundit Finds Voting To Be Flawed | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...heart-rending concept of a mother’s love for her son and soon evolves into a fight for justice and a mysterious case of missing children. The intrigue is heightened by the addition of several unknowns—a psychiatric ward, an LAPD as callous and corrupt as it is lazy, and a mechanic just a tad touched in the head—but we are nonetheless treated to Jolie repetitively screaming with varying degrees of despair, outrage, and panic for her son. Were Jolie an actress of lesser talent, “Changeling” might...

Author: By Naomi C. Funabashi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Changeling' | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Halloween,” the slasher movie that created and set the standard for most of the stereotypes seen in modern horror flicks. Besides, there have been enough “sensible” killers like Jigsaw and Hannibal; nothing beats a completely ruthless psychopath massacring scores of frightened, corrupt teenagers. So grab your shot glass and crack open a bottle of your drink of choice, because “Halloween” is going to take you back to the roots of horror. TAKE A SHOT… 1. When you learn in the opening scene that the killer...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SCREENSHOTS: 'Halloween' | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Former NBA star and ex-Republican CHARLES BARKLEY, during a CNN interview, blasting Fox News for its "corrupt" coverage of national politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...Donaghy made certain that the stench of corruption went beyond his own bad behavior, crashing this year's dream finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers with scandalous accusations. Before Game 3 of that series, he alleged in a court filing that two refs conspired to fix the 2002 Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. Donaghy claimed he wasn't the only rogue referee, as he described a corrupt culture in which refs would play tennis with coaches, ask players for autographs, and accept free meals and gifts from coaches and team officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can an Army General Whip NBA Refs into Shape? | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

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