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New App Promises to Help You Read a Novel in 90 Minutes or Less, but Is That Really Feasible?
Mar 11, 2014 The short answer is speed reading is more or less possible, with and without this app.Zach Galifianakis to Obama: ‘What Is It Like to Be the Last Black President?’
Mar 11, 2014 The president appeared on comedic actor Zach Galifianakis' satirical online program "Between Two Ferns" to plug the Affordable Care Act. Some of it will make you laugh.
Why Are There So Few Women in American Politics?
Mar 10, 2014 Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi believes minimizing the "role of money in politics" and increasing "the level of civility in debate" will go a long way toward getting more women to run for office. But what's money really got to do with it?‘If You’re Poor, Stop Being Poor,’ Fox Commentator Says to ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent
Mar 8, 2014 According to "Fox Business" commentator Todd Wilemon, the U.S. will slowly slip into Third World status thanks to the Affordable Care Act, so "Daily Show" correspondent Aasif Mandvi set out to see what will happen to the "best health care system in the world."Stephen Colbert Destroys Bill O’Reilly for His Comments About the Cons of Having a Female President
Mar 6, 2014 Bill O'Reilly put his foot so far down his throat with misogynistic statements that not even other Fox News commentators could agree with him.
Women, Poets Rejoice! There Are New Laureates in Town and They Happen to All Be Female
Mar 5, 2014 Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have all chosen women as their poet laureates this year.
Russia Can’t Take the West Seriously Anymore, but Why Should It?
Mar 5, 2014 Let's face it, the West has been sold to the highest bidder and Putin has no reason to fear us.
Salvador Allende’s Daughter Chosen as First Woman to Lead Chilean Senate
Mar 4, 2014 Isabel Allende, not to be confused with the Chilean writer who also goes by that name, will hold the same seat her father did before he became the first Marxist president in South America.Jon Stewart Pokes Holes in Putin’s and Kerry’s Approaches to Ukraine
Mar 4, 2014 Ever fervently stated that a country shouldn't militarily intervene in another country's internal affairs, especially without pretext, and then invaded a nation anyway? Vladimir Putin and John Kerry know how you feel.
Kerry’s on His Way to Kiev, Obama Continues to Accuse Moscow, and More on Ukraine
Mar 4, 2014 President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are taking firm, albeit simplistic, approaches to the developing crisis in Ukraine.
The True Actor
Feb 14, 2014 Jacinto Lucas Pires' award-winning novel, "The True Actor," is the perfect illustration of writer Pedro Mexia's statement: "Portugal is traveling through a black tunnel where the light at the end is merely a train about to crash into it." The novel "The True Actor" is the perfect illustration of writer Pedro Mexia's statement: "Portugal is traveling through a black tunnel where the light at the end is merely a train about to crash into it."
Noam Chomsky Makes the Case for the Lesser of Two Evils
Jan 17, 2020 In the second part of his interview with Robert Scheer, the renowned thinker shares his criticisms of Israel and his views on electoralism.