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James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also written about jazz, pop, and classical music for Salon, The Oregonian, and WBUR Online Arts, and is currently editor-at-large at The Columbia Journalism Review. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.
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Penis implant brings hopes to thousands - [FUNNY] Science, [ODD] News - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 1 week, 4 days ago in Humor
An unusual organ implant grown in the laboratory and rigorously tested on highly-sexed male rabbits could bring new hope to thousands of men. Scientists in ...
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Paul Simon - American Tune (1975) »
Posted by: dadesider 1 week, 5 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
For my two nephews in the sand..
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In My Life - The Beatles Remastered (2009) Rubber Soul [Stereo] »
Posted by: dadesider 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Album: Rubber Soul
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BREAKING: Gorilla Wins Halloween Avatar Contest »
Posted by: tdrapeau 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Family
Congratulations opiczka2 on winning the 2009 Propeller Halloween Avatar Contest! The field was particularly strong this year, and our celebrity panel of Netscape and Propeller ...
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: The First Conservative : The New Yorker »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
How Peter Viereck inspired-and lost-a movement.
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LIFE AND LETTERS about conservative Peter Viereck. In the winter of 1940, 23-year-old Harvard graduate Peter Viereck wrote a ...Read (194) | Share | Discuss (29) | Read Full Story at newyorker.com
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Meet the Contestants of Propeller's Halloween Avatar Contest - Propeller Blog »
Posted by: tdrapeau 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Family
As the deadline for submissions approaches (5pm EST today), we thought it would be fun to take a look at all of the submissions thus ...
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Columbia Suspends Environmental Journalism Program : CJR »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Business & Finance
For the first time since it was created fourteen years ago, Columbia University’s highly regarded dual-degree graduate program in environmental journalism will not be ...
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Aldo Buzzi, Writer and Filmmaker, Dies at 99 »
Posted by: JamesMarcus 1 month ago in News
Aldo Buzzi, 99, an Italian intellectual who began his career as an architect, then turned to filmmaking alongside directors including Federico Fellini, and in his ...
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YouTube - Waiting On A Friend »
Posted by: Ciera-Marie 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
Music Video for the "Waiting on a Friend" single off their 1981 release Tattoo.
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John Lennon - Yer Blues - LIVE »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Lennon apparently intended the song as a friendly parody of British blues. He said in a Rolling Stone interview that he used the humorous title ...
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Farmers Arrested Planting Hemp On DEA Headquarters Lawn »
Posted by: bluetexasvalley 1 month, 1 week ago in News
A group of civilly-disobedient hemp farmers and business leaders were arrested Tuesday morning while digging up the lawn to plant industrial hemp seeds at the ...
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Pilots on Food Stamps »
Posted by: jovial 1 month, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
You know, maybe it\'s just me, but the two occupations whose workers shouldn\'t be humpin\' a second job are brain surgeons and airline ...
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Obama, The African Colonial »
Posted by: btatman22 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe ...
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RE-Member »
Posted by: dadesider 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
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Conservative Bible Project Cuts Out Liberal Passages »
Posted by: bluetexasvalley 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
Lo and behold, the Bible has gotten too liberal, according to a group of conservatives. And it needs a little editing.
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