Paul Fussell, social historian, critic who wrote about war, dies at 88

Source: Miami Herald

For social historian and critic Paul Fussell, the most enduring moments of truth came as a 20-year-old platoon leader in France during World War II. German shrapnel tore up his back and thigh. The blood and guts of fellow ...
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Life After A Warlord

Source: Newsweek

Sen. Jewel Howard Taylor pulled open her desk drawer and carefully turned the thin pages of her Bible to Psalm 25, of David, who battled and defeated the giant Goliath. The Bible was edged in gold, and the name of her former husband, Dr. Charles Ghank ...
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The Bailout Brothel

Source: Newsweek

I don’t know if it’s a conservative thing or a wealth thing or just a jerk thing, but I’ve been appalled lately at the complete lack of self-awareness of rich right-wingers. The hypocrisy of Republican millionaires who say they want to cut government ...
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Girl Meets World

Source: Newsweek

i started lying about my age when I was 7. It was first grade, and I had turned 7 in August. Having an August birthday meant that I would either be the oldest kid in the class or the youngest. My mom explained that she and my dad had been ...
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‘Like Something Out Of A Spy Thriller’

Source: Newsweek

The American ambassador Gary Locke was at an afternoon meeting in Beijing, away from his office at the American Embassy, when he received a cryptic email on his BlackBerry: “Return to the embassy’s secure commu ...
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A Liberal Takedown of Texas

Source: Newsweek

What happens when you turn one of the nation’s sharpest liberal commentators loose in one of the nation’s most ferociously conservative states? Think about mixing fire and hydrogen. Yankees fans and Red Sox fans. Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donne ...
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Don Larsen selling uniform he wore in World Series perfect game

Source: Sporting News

Don Larsen is selling part of the New York Yankees uniform he wore when he pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Larsen told The New York Times on Friday he is selling his uniform jersey and p ...
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Curtailing a Service That Parents Depend On

Source: The New York Times

Are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Council doing their traditional budget dance? Every year, the mayor proposes cutting certain vital city programs and then, at the last minute, the City Council comes to the rescue by ...
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Straight Sets: Glatch Overcomes Tatishvili and Darkness

Source: International Herald Tribune

PARIS — In fading light at Roland Garros, Alexa Glatch of the United States found herself unable to solve a riddle: how could she put away Anna Tatishvili of Georgia in straight sets before darkness sent them into the locker ...
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