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Michael Ian Black's cynical, self-effacing performances in the sketch-comedy show The State and the subsequent college-dormitory hit Wet Hot American Summer generated a cult following. But the comedian is probably most recognizable as a snarky commentator on VH1's I Love the '80s nostalgia series. His latest endeavor is the Comedy Central show Michael and Michael Have Issues, which debuts July 15 and co-stars fellow State alum Michael Showalter. TIME talked to Black about his career, tacos and whether or not he really loves the '80s. (See a history of stand-up comedy in pictures...
...reform. The total collapse of everything is a big challenge. But it does provide an opportunity to change things. That's the kind of tough transition that we're going through right now. Part of it has to do with a change in the culture, moving from dependency to self-reliance, mediocrity to good performance, dishonesty to accountability. That's a more difficult task than fixing the roads and restoring the lights...
Beyond spurring local trade, alternative currencies build awareness about the effect of consumers' choices. "It has started a conversation: Why local currency? Why buy local?" says Oliver Dudok van Heel, who last fall helped launch the Lewes pound to help a British town become more self-sustainable...
...famously isolated, self-important organization whose members do not like to be slighted. Competition for hosting rights is fierce: a city needs a majority of the 107 members to vote in its favor to win. One ballot can tip the balance, and this new dustup could alter a member's decision. "This is an absolutely unnecessary self-inflicted wound," says Marc Ganis, a Chicago-based sports-business consultant who has closely followed the 2016 bid. "It just serves to remind the IOC of their preconceived notion that the Americans are arrogant and self-serving...
...believe in some kind of self-governance for the Tamils? Don't say Tamils. In this country, you can't give separate areas on an ethnic basis, you can't have this. With the provinces, certainly there must be powers, where local matters can be handled by them...