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- Oxford don trips badly on 'Dreams' analysis (WorldNet Daily)
Oxford obviously ain't what it used to be. Oxford philosophy don Peter Millican has posted a report on Bill Ayers' likely involvement in the writing of Barack Obama's "Dreams From My Father" so shabby and slapdash that it had me checking Britain's famous libel laws before I was halfway through.
- Everyone gets into the act at Hangzhou Expo - Shanghai Daily
Everyone gets into the act at Hangzhou ExpoShanghai Daily, China - 10 hours agoLectures, forums, relics display, poetry readings, folk art, performances and food are on the menu. In addition to festivities, tourists can visit many Song ...
- WHAT'S HAPPENING - Palladium-Item
"Freedom: A History of US" traveling exhibit--On display through Nov. 23, this exhibit is based on a PBS special about the principle of freedom. Also featured will be essays and artwork of Hagerstown High School students. Gallery hours are 1-7 p.m ...
- The North Star: A Moving Target (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
One of my earliest memories of looking up at the night sky happened when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I was visiting an uncle of mine, and on an early fall evening at dusk he pointed almost directly over our heads at a brilliant, bluish-white star. "See that star, Joey? That's the North Star, the brightest star in the sky."
- All Around Lufkin - Diboll Free Press
All Around LufkinDiboll Free Press, TX - 10 hours agoHappy Birthday: Debbie Wilson, Emily Watts, Jeanetta Stewart, Derrill Cates, CB Burris, Jeanne Burris, Dubby Perry, Hayley Haglund, Ed Mount, Cathey Friesen ...
- Palin's candidacy is no joke - Seattle Post Intelligencer
At the Seattle Poetry Slam last week, a poet got up to the microphone and said, "This poem is from the perspective of Sarah Palin." Before the poet even started the poem, everyone laughed. It's become possible to make a Sarah Palin joke without even ...
- Branching out to highlight historic trees in city - Daily Press
HAMPTON - — When the authors of a new book called "Remarkable Trees of Virginia " asked for nominations of historically important trees in the state, they received 1,000 responses. Only about 120 of those were picked to be photographed and written ...
- 'Iqbal's teachings solution to all ills' - Nation
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Speakers on Sunday urged that nation to follow the teachings of Dr Allama Iqbal to mitigate their sufferings. They were addressing at a seminar, which was organised by the Nazriya Pakistan Council here in connection with the ...
- Poetry Reading at Library of Congress Celebrates Release of The ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Poetry Reading at Library of Congress Celebrates Release of The ...7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - 1 hour agoThe reading is free and open to the public, but reservations should be made by calling (202) 682-5759 or e-mailing TheNewNorth@arts.gov. ...
- From Cuba to New York cabaret UC commissioner, award nominee ... - North Bergen Reporter
From Cuba to New York cabaret UC commissioner, award nominee ...North Bergen Reporter, NJ - 2 hours agoFernandez, a Union City commissioner, will perform “The Cuban Kid in Concert, Less Cuban Than Ever,” for which he was recently nominated for a coveted MAC ...
- Gaia Online Poll Finds Obama Has Captured Youth Support - MarketWatch
Gaia Online Poll Finds Obama Has Captured Youth SupportMarketWatch - 1 hour agoWith everything from art contests to discussion forums on poetry, politics, celebrities and more, to fully customizable profiles, digital characters and ...
- Actor Richard Fitzpatrick pays homage in "Roethke and Me" play at SVSU - MLive.com
As a long-time actor, Richard Fitzpatrick's television movie credits include portraying President Gerald Ford once and John Ehrlichman, President Richard Nixon's assistant, twice. In Stratford, Ont., where he and his wife have lived for 20 years and ...
- Best Bets: Going Out (Courier-Post)
Band to see this week: Matt Nathanson
- Something to Bragg about in a recession: sport and music will survive any crisis (Times Online)
It was Amanda Palmer, singer with The Dresden Dolls, the self-described Brechtian punk cabaret group, who proved there is an umbilical chord between sport and music by calling her new single Leeds United . In between lines about Southern Comfort and wicked sandwiches, the bisexual American maverick namechecks the much-loathed Leeds as a way of showing that a loosener from David Batty is, indeed, ...
- Why you can bet that a good read will be truly bad - Times Online
Why you can bet that a good read will be truly badTimes Online, UK - 3 hours agoEpic poetry can be racist, European novels sexist and sadistic. If it's politically correct, it's probably not great literature We were walking out of a ...
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