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...taste of something mainstream media aficionados have been watching carefully for the past few years: political weblogs. Of course, blogs aren’t a particularly new trend. The 2004 presidential election saw them widely recognized as an important force by the media, particularly in the ultimately failed Howard Dean campaign. And even at Harvard there were a few campus political blogs already in place before December—former Crimson columnist Andrew Golis and a few of his friends have maintained the excellent “Cambridge Common” (cambridgecommon.blogspot.com) since last April.But the close-to-home election...
...Randall returned to Harvard for graduate school, where her Ph.D. advisor was Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Howard Georgi...
...government's demonization of Middle Eastern people, beginning with the "Tampa" election campaign of 2001 and continuing with its spirited defense of the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, Australia's participation in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and draconian antiterrorism legislation. These people scoffed at Prime Minister John Howard's statement that the riot didn't expose racist sentiments among white Australians. In the middle are millions of citizens horrified by the hatred they've seen in the eyes of young countrymen since Dec. 11. Many have blamed the media for helping to incite the violence - a charge...
...Cinderella Man The truish story of a down-and-out pug, Russell Crowe's James J. Braddock, who overcame injuries, dire, depression era poverty, and a lackluster record to become, briefly, the World's Heavyweight champion, Ron Howard's movie was the year's most notorious flop. But it was a good, tough, well-acted, beautifully designed and photographed movie, sentimental without being squishy, inspiring without being a tear-jerker and featuring honest, honorable performances by Crowe as well as by Renee Zellweger as Braddock's fierce, brave wife and Paul Giamatti as the wise-guy manager who stands...
...post of chairman in 1987. Under his leadership, the Journal merged its morning and afternoon papers, took the company public, and sold the paper to A. H. Belo Corporation in 1997. Those who knew him spoke in interviews of both his kind character and his commitment to the company. Howard G. Sutton, the current chairman of the Journal, said in a statement after Hamblett’s passing, “This is a very sad day for The Providence Journal family. We have lost a compassionate and visionary leader who had a lasting positive impact on thousands of Journal...