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...performance as a broke, broken-down fighter stoked Wrestler-mania at the Toronto Film Festival and, before that, in Venice, where the film had its world premiere (winning the top prize). That was back in early September, when the Los Angeles Times headlined the question: "Will The Wrestler get hold of an Oscar for Mickey Rourke...
...music and 50% where you are in life. There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to be different. I don't think I'd give those bands half a chance now. But I hold some kind of nostalgia for them that I won't let go. Bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag. If someone just gave that stuff to me and I didn't have any of the associations that went along with punk rock or the angst, do I think that I would just...
...journalism could become a profitable enterprise.That said, newspapers must change more than their business model if they are to stay relevant online. The Internet has made information a far less valuable commodity, given the range of sources available to readers. Newspapers must cater to those areas where they still hold an advantage, such as editorial writing and investigate journalism. Most blogs and other Internet sources do not command the authority that newspaper editorialists do, and most lack the resources to do substantial investigative work. Indeed, many of the more successful existing online newspapers specialize in these endeavors. The success...
...communities nationwide to continue promoting the community activism that developed during the election. “There’s so much energy that’s ready to still do more,” she said. The conference came as the Obama campaign is encouraging supporters to hold house parties to continue their political involvement—Aniskoff said that 4,000 such parties were held this weekend. Nuni invited community organizers and volunteers from around the area, including several people from the grassroots initiative Cambridge-Somerville for Change, though few undergraduates attended. The conference broke into action groups...
...Thais can only hope that Abhisit's own vow to promote national unity will hold. Otherwise, in a time of global economic peril, Thailand will suffer just as badly as it did back when the Democrats were last in power. That was during the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis when the party's inability to discipline unwieldy coalition members led to political paralysis and financial mayhem. Instead of taking decisive action to gird the economy, politicians seemed to spend more of their time squabbling with each other and cooking up corrupt deals that alienated the public. Now that...