Oct 01, 2009 -
The cavernous photography studio in New York City is bustling with fashion assistants, hair and makeup stylists, and models chatting in white terry robes. All typical on a photo shoot, but when the robes come off, you see what's different. Kate Dillon, Ashley Graham, Amy Lemons, Lizzie Miller, Crystal Renn, Jennie Runk and Anansa Sims -- some of the top plus-size models working today -- have beautiful curves, round shoulders, belly rolls and lots of other womanly stuff many of us see when we look in the mirror.
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Sep 12, 2009 -
Technocracy in America
Obama neglects the real 'public option': listening to the public.
by Matthew Continetti
The partisan and misleading speech that President Obama delivered to a joint session of Congress last week revealed the president's preferences--more government mandates, regulations, and taxes--when it comes to refashioning the American health care system. It also showcased the contempt for debate and smug sense of moral and intellectual superiority that is now as much a part of contemporary liberalism as sympathy with the nuclear freeze movement and the RainbowPUSH coalition was two decades ago.
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Sep 18, 2009 -
Here are some tips on how to get a bargain at several different places. It doesn't hurt to ask!
Getting better bargain much easier in this economy
By MEGAN K.
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Sep 07, 2009 -
The Hopeless Opposition
As Obama falters, Republicans dither
Michael C. Moynihan | September 4, 2009
Here is Nate Silver, Democratic polling whiz and notoriously clever political prognosticator, issuing a blunt warning to the citizens of Netroots Nation, a yearly gathering of left-wing bloggers, activists, and Howard Zinn-loving killjoys: "I don't think you should feel at all comforted by 2010." Silver, known for his prescience on such matters, suggests that Democrats will hemorrhage support in the next midterm elections, losing anywhere from 20 to 50 seats.
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Aug 31, 2009 -
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee doubled down Sunday on controversial remarks he made last week, in which he declared that Ted Kennedy would have been told to go home and die under ObamaCare.
"What did I say that wasn't true?"
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Aug 14, 2009 -
Facts Are Not Distortion
By Robert M. Goldberg
When it comes to evaluating the claims of Democrat party leadership and others about rationing and how to deal with grandma, I am guided by that great philosopher, Marx. That's Groucho, not Karl, who famously said: "Who do you believe, me or your eyes?"
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May 04, 2009 -
The Principal And The Paddle
One South Carolina educator used corporal punishment to turn around his struggling elementary school. Why he's so conflicted about it.
Eric Adelson
NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated May 4, 2009
http://www.newsweek.com/id/195119?Gt1=43002
The wooden paddle on principal David Nixon's desk is two feet long, with a handle wrapped in duct tape that has been worn down by age and use.
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Feb 12, 2008 -
I was reading an article in Vanity Fair magazine, that referred to the one below published in 1991 on Time magazine about the intrincate dealings inside the "church" of Scientology.
Monday, May. 06, 1991
Cover Story: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
By RICHARD BEHAR
By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the world.
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Jan 02, 2009 -
Published on Friday, January 2, 2009 by YES! Magazine
by Sarah van Gelder
We’re entering a new year at a time unlike any other in recent memory. Here are 10 reasons I’m filled with hope as I look ahead at 2009—and three reasons I’m terrified.
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Sep 27, 2008 -
WESTPORT, Conn. - Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died. He was 83.
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