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I know this is long and a little weird because its in interview format, but I thought this was great when I heard it the other day. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.Chace Crawford by Christopher Bollen for Interview magazine-sept 09
Nate Archibald, the prep-school poster boy of all things physically right about American youth today, has a terrible father but a family legacy that keeps him afloat in Gossip Girl limos and designer cardigans. Last we saw Nate, he was headed to Columbia University, but not before he and Blair broke up at the prom and he headed off to Europe on a backpacking trip with his former flame Vanessa. Nate Archibald’s real-life counterpart, on the other hand, has an extremely supportive father—and mother for that matter, who during this interview was helping her son move from the apartment he shared with Gossip Girl co-star Ed Westwick to his own two-bedroom in Manhattan’s Financial District—but the 24-year-old actor had no Hollywood legacy to help him coast into the loafers of one of teenage fandom’s dreamiest heartthrobs.
Scarborough Schooled on Health Care
Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic Something rather remarkable happened on Tuesday's Morning Joe. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes, and Joe Scarborough, after first trying to spin it some gossamer threads, broke down and said, By God, you're right, this emperor is a naked money-making machine!The Cheney Fallacy
Jack Goldsmith, The New Republic Published: Monday, May 18, 2009 Why Barack Obama is waging a more effective war on terror than George W. Bush. Former Vice President Cheney says that President Obama's reversal of Bush-era terrorism policies endangers American security.More about the Writer's Strike
Buzz posted a few links to this stuff but I figured I'd highlight it here. First of all, here is a Strike Chart to tell us how many episodes of our favorite shows are left to air: 30 Rock: Ten episodes will be produced. Five episodes have aired, so there are five left.You Can't Starve Government AND Blame It
Last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a bill to provide paid parental leave to federal workers and thus make government employment more attractive. The committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, reportedly opposed the measure because he fears, among other things, that rascally federal workers will scam the system, piling up child after child just to claim the four weeks of paid leave.Lecture Circuit
I'm wondering why I'm writing a blog since.. I don't have much to say, but.. without giving too much away - Wow!!
Lynndie England's Out of Prison
Emma Brockes The Guardian, Saturday 3 January 2009 The road to Fort Ashby, West Virginia, runs through Mineral County, an area of freezing grey farmland and barrack-style bungalows, where the sign outside the bar - "Hunters welcome" - has an unnerving effect on the passing non-hunter. In Cindy's coffee shop, customers speculate on the whereabouts of a lost cow and tell a weird Republican joke about the noise a chicken makes when its head is cut off: "Barack-Obama!, Barack-Obama!" Lynndie England has lived in Fort Ashby since she was two, but when she appears, suddenly, in the car park, her outline is crooked with self-consciousness.How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett
How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett Commentary by Kevin Hassett Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.Taylor Momsen-Next "it" girl? /Article about her life
The young woman who approached the table by the window at the Pinkberry on Eighth Avenue and 18th street was nervous, breathless. She was sorry to interrupt, sorry to be a bother, she said. It was just that she loved Taylor Momsen so much.
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