The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    The Dallas Mavericks show the Left that the Team is the thing

    By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 10:30am | Politics, Sports

    As the clock struck zero and the NBA Finals ended, the national sports media found itself forced to focus solely on the Dallas Mavericks. The time for analyzing and re-analyzing Lebron James and the star-studded Miami Heat had come to an end. There was a new champion in town, and the time had come to praise the victors.

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    The Taking of Benton Harbor

    By Ramona on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 10:10am | Politics

    It's been six months now since Rick Snyder tied himself to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's purse strings, letting the largest right-wing think tank in the country aid him in becoming the puppet-governor of Michigan, my Michigan.  If my beautiful state has any claim to fame these days, it's in the streaming melodrama of a calculated, very public disintegration of the rights and liberties of its people.

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    First Class & Still Walking

    By Donal on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 11:32pm | Arts & Entertainment

    I caught one large summer flick this weekend, X-Men: First Class, and one small art-house film, Still Walking. 

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    E-Books: Technological Wonder or the End of Civilization?

    By Orlando on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 11:26pm |
    Count me as a convert. I love my e-reader and can't be bothered to turn a page.
    57% (4 votes)
    E-readers are evil. They'll have to pry my 10 pound copy of Lord of the Rings from my cold, dead hands before I ever use one.
    43% (3 votes)
    Total votes: 7
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    Mazda Demio & Hybrid Suzuki Swift

    By Donal on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 10:11pm | Technology

    The Mazda 2 now for sale in the US is already one of the two most affordable green cars on the ACEEE list, but Green Car Congress talks about an advanced evolution of the Mazda Demio with, "hybrid-like fuel consumption at a lower price." 

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    Wolfrum's Morning: Newtered

    By William K. Wolfrum on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 9:38am | Potpourri

    If Neuticals changes the name to Newticals, Gingrich may have a new career. Cause politics just ain't working out.

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    No Privacy. Just Privilege

    By Doctor Cleveland on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 5:56pm | Politics, Social Justice, Media

    The media can't resist talking about Congressman Weiner's penis. That's no surprise. The American entertainment industry exists to talk about penises and the things various penises like. And our news media is only a minor subsidiary of that entertainment empire.

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    Obama's New Stimulus, (He's Still Not Getting It)

    By Michael Maiello on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 9:59am | Politics

    I was delighted to see this Bloomberg story about the White House pursuing additional stimulus after the failure of QE2 and the recent rise in unemployment.  But the method he's pursuing -- a temporary holiday for the employer portion of the payroll tax, which funds Social Security, is not going to fix things, even if the Republicans go along with it.

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