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Anonymous Posters Bedevil TripAdvisor

Hotel ranking site shows dangers of crowdsourcing

 Project Runway 
 Limps to Season's End 

Like the rest of Season 6, finale was a bore

 Bullock Shines in 
 Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side  

Football chick flick lacks suspense, delivers happy ending

 Don't Land On Planet 51 

Laugh-free sci-fi satire mediocre at best

 Bad Lieutenant Is 
 Terribly Fantastic 

Cage's unhinged performance dazzles, and Herzog keeps up

 AIG Bailout Squandered Our Money, Trust

Geithner & Co. were afraid to ask Wall Street for concessions

Microsoft Office 2010:
Worthy, But Not Worth It

Why buy what you can get for free?

Most Red State Dems Can Vote for Health Care

Only Blanche Lincoln faces 2010 fight, and she'll be a tough sell

 New Moon So Bad It's Funny  

Sequel lacks thrills, sense of humor of first 'Twilight'

 Broken Embraces  
 'Gorgeous and 
 Seductive' 

Almodovar's latest mixes noir with melodrama

 Geithner Got It Right 

Treasury secretary's pragmatic approach to financial crisis paid off

 KSM Trial 
 Will Be a 
 Perverse Farce 

It will be like rereleasing '9/11—the Director's Cut'

Mammogram Backdown
Hurts Health Reform

Sebelius played politics, missed chance to show leadership

 Sullivan Back; Still Hates Palin 

Calls her book 'manifesto for the imagined life'

 Eastwood Is 
 Top 'Badass' 

Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Barack Obama make 2009's elite list

In Piling On Palin, Liberals Make Fools of Themselves

 ...and legitimize her
as a true rogue

 Latest Undeserved 
 Honor: Black Belt 

Obama is now a master of tae kwon do, with 0 years practice


 Levi, You're 
 the Buffoon 
 of My Dreams 

Meghan Daum on why 'Sex on Skates' is an important media figure


 General Hospital 
 More Sopranos 
 Than Soap Opera 

James Franco's guest stint highlights shows thuggery

Senators See Upcoming Vote on Obama—Not Health

Eye constituents' votes in 2008, not polls on health care


 GOP Traffic-Jam Ploy 
 Is Snarling Senate 

Stalling tactics are making Democrats turn on each other

Welcome to
the Conspiracy
to Ration Mammograms

Don't you dare deny us unnecessary tests!

 Time to 
 Crack Down 
 on Jihad 2.0 



Web indoctrination of terrorists on US soil poses major threat

 Diversity Isn't a Strength 

'Irritating cliché' should be ditched in wake of Fort Hood

 Diversity Isn't a Strength 

"Irritating cliché' should be ditched in wake of Fort Hood

 Fox Caught Fudging 
 Footage Again 

This-just-in Palin video actually from '08 campaign

Sullivan Silences Atlantic Blog to Dissect Palin Book

He sees possibility of a 'huge scandal' and needs time to get it right

 Wake Up: Radiohead 
 Kinda Sucks 

Thom Yorke doesn't care if you like him, and honestly, you shouldn't

Forget the Rosy Stats:
The Little Guy Is in Bad Shape

Economy far worse off than statistics indicate

 Decade's Best Live TV Moments 

From Barack Obama's victory speech to the tumbling of Saddam's statue

 Why Palin Can Win 
 GOP Nomination 

Her "brand" is mighty, and she'll get a lift in 2010 elections

 Less Racist Names for 
 That Washington Team 

Just in case the Redskins have had a change of heart

 Facebook's 
 Most Annoying 
 Parents 

Enough with the sonogram pictures and toilet training status updates

Carbon-Tax Foes Must Think the End Is Nigh

How else to explain them being OK with the exploding population?

 Palin Slams 'Sexist' Newsweek 

Bloggers divided over Runner's World photo




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THE United States Preventive Services Task Force's recommendation this week that women begin regular breast cancer screening at age 50 ..

Op-Ed: Homophobia and AIDS funding can't coexist
Los Angeles Times
The US sends millions of dollars in relief money to Uganda, which is considering a draconian law aimed at homosexuals. By James Kirchick Since its inception ..
Bad for the JewsThe Nation -- My new Think Again column is called : "History" Isn't a Dirty Word about the incredible amnesia shown by the MSM regarding the Bush presidency is here .

With Harvard's Help, Congress May Keep Bloggers Out of JailThe Nation -- It's hard out here for a blogger.

Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice ExtremesThe Nation -- The Senate healthcare bill unveiled Wednesday night by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is not exactly the cure for all of what ails America.

Real Simple EconomicsThe Nation -- Chuck Collins, co-founder of United for a Fair Economy and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, describes the difference between this financial crisis and those of the past.

Toward CopenhagenThe Nation -- This post, which will appear in condensed form in this week's issue of The Nation, was co-written and researched by Andrea D'Cruz

Affectionate Jousting with Michael TomaskyThe Nation --

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Terrorist Intimidation: Witnesses, Jurors Protection Overlooked in NYC Terrorist Trial
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute murderous, fanatical terrorists -- including the 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- speaks volumes about his ignorance of a major problem with protecting witnesses and members of a jury in a case involving terrorism or organized crime.

Deer Issue Catches Liberalism In Headlights
Early in American history, one was pretty much free to do as one saw fit on one's property so long as it was moral especially if one lived in a rural area where one's actions were not likely to encroach upon the sensibilities of one's neighbors. However, now it seems the landholdings of the United States in general and private property in specific are for everyone else to decide what to do with except the one to which it is titled.

Why Would Sarah Palin Rate Barack Obama a “4”?
Barbara Walters asked Sarah Palin, “ On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, where do you rate Barack Obama?” Sarah Palin gave Barack a “4".

Moment of Truth
At the dawn of the Obama administration, pro-life Democrats believed they had finally gotten their place at the table. The president may be fervently pro-choice, the vice president a Catholic...

No Sales Days in the Afghan War
It seems inconceivable that the gorge known as the Khyber Pass which was such a danger to British supply lines in the 19th century days of the Raj is once again just as dangerous in the 21st...

Bureaucrats With Badges
Montana's Conrad Burns tells a sad, but revealing story about government bureaucrats and their rules. Shortly after the Transportation Security Administration assumed control of airport ...

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Alabama School Reverses Decision To Bar Lesbian Student From Attending Prom With Her Girlfriend
RUSSELLVILLE, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded Franklin County School System officials for reversing their decision barring a lesbian student from attending the school prom with her girlfriend.


The School System’s about-face, permitting 17-year-old Tharptown High School junior Cynthia Stewart to bring her girlfriend to the upcoming March 25 prom, came after the ACLU sent a letter to the school on November 10 demanding that their initial decision be reversed.



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Our own little Abu Ghraib?
It's one more proof, a uniquely Canadian one, that the war on terror has become the chief incubator of terror

Torture and the paper trail
A consistent pattern of looking the other way when informed about the abuse of Afghan detainees would say something disturbing about a whole group of Canadian institutions

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