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“Spread the Wealth” Controversy Hits Doctors

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:55:47 -0500

HEALTH BEAT :By now you know that Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has offered a “Call to Arms” for health care reform by way of a 98 page policy document. There is much to think about in Baucus’ proposal... READ MORE

Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:55:47 -0500

NEW YORK TIMES :Over the last two years, some of this city’s darkest secrets have been dragged into the light — city officials with conflicts of interest and hidden pay raises, affordable housing that was not affordable, misleading crime statistics... READ MORE

Report: Millennials Will Route Around IT Departments

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:47 -0500

READ/WRITEWEB NEWS : According to a new report by Accenture, a large number of Millennials (those born between 1977 and 1997), expect their companies to accommodate their IT preferences, including their preferred computers and applications... READ MORE

A British Lesson on Auto Bailouts

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:47 -0500

NEW YORK TIMES : A faltering auto giant whose brands are synonymous with the open road. Hundreds of thousands of unionized workers with powerful political backers. An urgent plea for the government to write a virtual blank check... READ MORE

A Conversation with Richard Renaldi about 'Touching Strangers'

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:55:47 -0500

CONSCIENTIOUS :When my friend Richard Renaldi showed me the first images from the new series Touching Strangers I was just amazed. Asking two complete strangers to not only pose with each other, but to also touch each other while doing that... READ MORE

Somali pirates living the high life

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:55:47 -0500

BBC NEWS :"No information today. No comment," a Somali pirate shouts over the sound of breaking waves, before abruptly ending the satellite telephone call... READ MORE

Funerary monument reveals Iron Age belief that the soul lived in the stone

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:55:47 -0500

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS OFFICE : Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body... READ MORE

It's Science: Ninety-Nine Percent of Texas Science Professors Surveyed Don't Believe in Intelligent Design

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:55:47 -0500

UNFAIR PARK : Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington... READ MORE

Why NASA should focus on the Moon, not Mars

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:55:47 -0500

NEW SCIENTIST : Recently, the Planetary Society called for major changes in US space-exploration plans. Specifically, it recommended bypassing the Moon in favour of Mars... READ MORE

THE LAST ANTIWAR POEM

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:55:47 -0500

WWW.BELIEVERMAG.COM :Fifty years ago this month, City Lights Books debuted Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems — a collection of ranting, ecstatic verses that challenged the conservatism of Eisenhower-era America. Within a year of its publication... READ MORE

For Books, Is Obama New Oprah?

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:55:47 -0500

NEW YORK TIMES :When President-elect Barack Obama appeared on “60 Minutes” on CBS on Sunday in his first interview since winning the election, he mentioned having read “a new book out about F .D. R.’s first 100 days” without specifically naming a title or author... READ MORE

Francoise Sagan: Sex, Drugs and Literature

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:55:47 -0500

LITERARY KICKS :Diane Kurys has directed a film biography of rebellious French writer Francoise Sagan, titled simply Sagan. Perhaps inspired by the success of La Vie En Rose, a recent biopic of Edith Piaf... READ MORE

TT: Eavesdropping on Tom Stoppard with Gwen Orel

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:55:47 -0500

ABOUT LAST NIGHT :Tom Stoppard, who might just be the greatest living English-language playwright, is in Manhattan on business, and made a couple of public appearances last week... READ MORE

Who Will Quit Hollywood Next?

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:55:47 -0500

NEW YORK MAGAZINE : Acting in solidarity with laid-off workers, Hollywood's pampered actors are quitting their well-paid gigs for less glamorous ones: Joaquin Phoenix quit acting for music... READ MORE

Critics rebel against Charles, the man who would be king - and still air his own views

polymeme — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:55:47 -0500

GUARDIAN :Republicans and critics of the royal family yesterday branded as "monstrous" reports that Prince Charles wants to continue speaking out on controversial political issues if he becomes king... READ MORE