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...also knows no political bounds.  In an MSNBC discussion of civility and threats in politics, progressive host Ed Schultz didn’t like it when I mentioned his February statement about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s heart, “We ought to rip it out and kick it around and stuff it back in him.”  Ed now defends his words as a metaphor about heart transplants and who receives health care.  But if the left feels free to use such figures of speech, why do they...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

There is something else that the city cannot afford: Griffin's salary. The 45-year-old comes to the Motor City with a considerable national reputation. Enter Rip Rapson, president of the $3.1 billion Kresge Foundation. While Griffin will work inside the city's planning department, she won't be on the public payroll. Her salary, plus the cost of assembling a team of consultants, is covered by Kresge. (See pictures of Detroit's decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: How Philanthropy is Remaking Detroit | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...graduated, she lived in an apartment in Boston where her landlord was a heroin addict. One night he used his spare key to break into her room while she was sleeping, but she didn’t know if he meant to harm her or just rip her off. He passed out cold in the kitchen, sprawled on the floor...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard That They Knew | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...said.  “But then I figured I probably wouldn’t make it because the second floor of Langdell was still open for law school students and I figured with the alarm sounding they’d descend upon me and rip me apart...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Locked in the Library | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

What’s worse, if by some miracle you make it far enough through the deluge of wasted college kids begging you to rip off your shirt and squealing middle-school girls to find someone that’s actually worth vid-chatting, he’ll probably “Next” you as soon as you reject his strip poker e-vite...

Author: By STEPHANIE R. MCCARTNEY, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hate It: Chatroulette | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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