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...Rote Baron, a film opening this week in German cinemas, traces the wartime career of von Richthofen, his obsession with combat, his lionization by the Kaiser in Berlin as the poster child of the German war effort, and then his supposed love affair with a battlefield nurse who opened his eyes to the harsh realities...
...other single event in the movement," says Joel Segal, a staffer assisting Congressman John Conyers on a universal-health-care bill. "I don't think it's a coincidence that all the Democratic candidates--presidential and congressional--are pushing universal health care as a front-burner issue." A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that as a result of Sicko, 43% of people were more likely to report that they think health-care reform is needed. However, the effect was not universal--43% of liberals had a positive view of the film, compared with just 9% of conservatives...
...being a barometer of quality, the awards are all about the size of a band's fanbase. Which is how Take That - the '90s boy band that came back from oblivion a few years ago minus their most famous member, Robbie Williams - beat the likes of Muse and The Kaiser Chiefs for British Live Act and triumphed in the best British Single category. They may as well have called them "The Band Most Likely to Scare Your Parents" award and the "Most Fans Who Can Be Bothered to Vote For This Award" award. Sometimes, democracy is no good thing...
Senator Baucus's spokesman Barrett Kaiser said there's "no reason that law-abiding citizens shouldn't be allowed to carry a firearm on our public lands.... Max thinks it's a matter of Second Amendment rights, and it's also the right thing to do for people who simply want to cross through our parks to access prime hunting areas," he said...
...either the primaries or the general election next November. The flash points thus far have been the war in Iraq, terrorism, health care, the sputtering economy and social issues like abortion - not melting polar ice caps. And there's good reason for that. A recent poll by the Kaiser Foundation asked Americans what two issues they most wanted the presidential candidates to talk about. Among Democrats, Republicans and Independents, climate change or the environment failed to crack the top seven choices. (For the record, Iraq and health care were number one and number two across the board...