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'An American Carol'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comIs there any filmmaker alive, whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, capable of producing a truly incisive, intelligent satire about our politically polarized times? Not Ben Stein, who checked his dry wit at the door when he made the...Tags: Leni Riefenstahl, James Woods, Leslie Nielsen, Columbia University, Jimmy Carter
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
What would we do if cell phones and PDAs disappeared? We would be forced to think again. We would have to confront reality. My own life is spent mostly with men and women of business. I have been at this for a long time now, and what I have seen of the...Tags: New York Times
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U. of I. sticks with plan for John Edwards speech
Chicago Tribune reporterA University of Illinois student group has agreed to pay $65,000 to bring disgraced former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards to speak at campus this fall. The Illini Union Board, which arranges lectures, concerts and other events for...Tags: Contracts, John Edwards, North Carolina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Elections
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Republican celebrities get the party going at the convention
CAUSE CÉLÈBREThe GOP's uninvited guest, Hurricane Gustav, initially cast a pall over festivities at the Republican National Convention this week, but by Wednesday the party was popping. Actor Jon Voight made the rounds; so did singer Pat Boone (easy to spot in...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Tennessee, Beverly Hills, Republican Party, Government
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Today's News Shows
ABC's This Week Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. •10 a.m.: WJLA (Channel 7), •10:30 a.m.: WMAR (Channel 2), WMDT (Channel 47) CBS' Face the Nation Sens. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Jack Reed, D-R.I. •10:30 a.m.: WUSA (Channel 9), WBOC...Tags: Meet the Press, Jack Reed, Barack Obama, NBC, Chuck Hagel
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Committee votes for Rove contempt
The Swampby Katie Fretland and updated The House Judiciary Committee this morning voted in favor of finding former Bush advisor Karl Rove in contempt of Congress for his refusal of a subpoena to testify before the panel. The committee voted along......Tags: Upper House, Republican Party, Government, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Iowa
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'Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comBen Stein, the actor, lawyer, columnist and onetime speechwriter for Presidents Nixon and Ford, is probably smarter than you. He's definitely smarter than I am. What's galling about his new documentary, "Expelled," is that he seems to think we're both...Tags: Movies
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'No Intelligence Allowed' Includes Moviegoers
ORLANDO SENTINELDroning funnyman Ben Stein monkeys around with evolution with the new documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," a cynical attempt to sucker Christian conservatives into thinking they're losing the "intelligent design" debate because of academic...Tags: Kevin Miller, Michael Moore, Natural Science, Movies, Roger Moore
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'Expelled' fails to make the argument
(D) Someday perhaps it will be possible to look back on Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed as a relic and reminder of the rhetorical logic employed during the era of George W. Bush. Until then, it should be seen simply as a tiresome ideological bludgeon,...Tags: Kevin Miller, Adolf Hitler, Mark Olson, George Bush, Freedom of the Press
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'Have You No Shame?' by Rachel Shukert
Special to The TimesMay 7, 2008 In the heartland of America, an occasional billboard will announce, "This is God's country, please don't drive through it like hell." In "Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories," Rachel Shukert floors it through her childhood in...Tags: Eating Disorders, Health Treatments, Book, Diet, Anne Frank
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Comedy Central Resurrects 'The Gong Show'
Zap2It.comComedy Central has ordered up a new incarnation of "The Gong Show," to be hosted by Dave Attell. The updated "The Gong Show With Dave Attell" will premiere on the cable network on July 17. The series will retain the basic premise of the classic NBC...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, NBC, Adam Sandler, Sony Corp., Satellite and Cable Service
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Teach the controversy?
Today, Shermer and Lukianoff discuss efforts to include "intelligent design" and other such hypotheses in classroom curricula. Previously, they weighed allegations of instructor bias in college classrooms and debated what roles a school might have in...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Leni Riefenstahl, Columbia University, Government, Christianity
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