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While most of the album is immediately likeable, the few songs which do fall flat tumble headfirst. Track two, “Keep You Beautiful,” is a disappointing departure from the more audacious tracks. The weak drum beats and timid, painfully repetitive guitar loops invoke a stupor...

Author: By Paula I. Ibieta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tindersticks | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

To be sure, the filibuster is not, in principle, a bad idea. In an era of hyper-partisanship and 24-hour news cycles, even a legislative body as inherently deliberative as the Senate is in need of some sort of braking mechanism, for when those built into a system of...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: Tyranny of the Minority | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Both parties bear some responsibility for the filibuster’s increased use, which has been facilitated largely by “Rule 22,” which allows opponents to threaten a filibuster without ever having to execute it, sparing the minority of many of the political consequences of...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: Tyranny of the Minority | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Be warned, “Red Riding” is not a movie for the faint of heart, as there is some truly gratuitous violence, and the directors spare no detail of the gory deaths. The opening image of the first film, for example, is a dead child with swan...

Author: By Eleanor T. Regan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red Riding Trilogy | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

The Navy has been on a real tear, relieving more than a commanding officer a month for the past year, the highest toll since 2003. Some aren't close calls - findings of fraternization and "cruelty and maltreatment" among them - but others are less clear. In two cases in December, ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Military's New Surge in Accountability | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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