A court of no appeal:Renata Adler & Individual Writers vs. The New York Times...

An absolute "must" read for any professional writer who must face down veiled  business interests and the cult of personality. Having myself already faced jail for not revealing a source, as well as thugs trying to scare me off a corruption probe, I find myself agreeing...

Once-Disfigured Girl Attends Prom After 18 Surgeries

" Cody Hall was born with a hemangioma, a tumorous birthmark that distorted the shape of her face and grew larger as she got older. When she was 1-year-old, her doctors in England told her parents that nothing...

At INDY, "Rookies" Get Their Day In The Sun :: The EDJE

"Mario discusses strategy with team member after the #96 Visit Mexico City/PCM Dallara has the updated wishbone parts installed. Mario and the rest of the PCM team feel upbeat about being able to get out onto the...

Superman Has a Great SEO Guy

"Here in Metropolis, online advertising is at a premium. You have to make sure it is catchy and if it isn’t, you have to sign a superhero (or villain) to a contract to endorse your product. It’s a cut-throat world and in constant change.So how does Superman stay at the...

Islam and the West: A Case of Selective Memory by Richard Bulliet

"Distorted by today’s political lenses, European historical memory selectively focuses on past violence perpetrated by Muslims and either forgets Europe’s cultural borrowings from Muslim societies, or regards them as unimportant remnants of a closed chapter in...

14 Year Old Starts Computer Company

"In 1992 at the age of fourteen I founded and managed JL Web Designs. A small computer company which was started in my parents basement and quickly grew out of the house. Some of the first web pages made for businesses where text based only. I was always told that the...

Indian state goes "on strike" to protest killings

The strike in Kolkata today in response to these killings is part of a strong tradition of protest strikes (called Bandh) common in South Asian countries like India and Nepal. Bandh have been outlawed by the Indian...

Guantanamo Bay: Shame on you, United States

"We must ridicule, rebuke and rebut anyone - doctors, politicians - associated with torture and the removal of human rights By Johann Hari The Independent, London GUANTANAMO BAY (Mar 10, 2007) Guantanamo Bay -- America's shining torture camp on a hill -- is humming with new...

Fourteen killed in truck crash

"A CHINESE truck meant to carry a maximum of five people overturned and killed 14 of the 31 villagers aboard. All of the other 17 riding the pick-up truck to visit relatives were injured in Hefeng county in the central province of Hubei, Xinhua news agency said. China's...

14 Carter Center board members resign over palestine book

"ATLANTA -- Fourteen members of an advisory board at the Carter Center resigned today, concluding they could "no longer in good conscience continue to serve" following publication of former President Jimmy Carter's controversial book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid." "It...

March 1st Movement

"The inspiration for the Samil Movement came from the repressive nature of Japanese policies under its military administration of Korea following 1905, and the "Fourteen Points" outlining the right of national "self-determination" proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson at the...

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