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Life Cycle: Zen and the Art of Producing Chopsticks

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Aspen, Chinese Food, Green, Eco, Life Cycle, Green Living, Grass, Environmentally-Friendly, Willow, Environment, Sarah Smarsh, Take-Out, Bamboo, Chopsticks, Mooshu Pork, Deforestation, Simran Sethi, Green News
Simran Sethi

People have been impressing their dates with chopstick dexterity since the Shang Dynasty. But the throw-away version of chopsticks is a less romantic yet marvelous invention.

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T. Boone Pickens: From Swift Boater To Pluralist

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Wisdom, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, T. Boone Pickens, Aspen, Swift Boat, Alternative Energy, Talmud, Aspen Institute, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Swiftboating, Pluralism, Swift Boat Veterans, Jewish, 2008 Presidential Race, Natural Gas, Pickens Plan, Energy, Politics News
Larry Gellman

In just a few years Pickens has moved from being a totally partisan political animal to a man who is looking for the partial truth in the disparate views of a variety of people.

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CON GAMES: Citizen McCain And The Carbon War

Michael Conniff | Posted 08.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Carbon, Environment, Russia, Aspen Institute, Georgia, John MCain, Aspen, Straight Talk Express, Green News
Michael Conniff

Well, my friends, if John McCain calls his audience "my friends" one more time I will never say the words "missing in action" again. If he refers to "...

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Hot Flashes From The Campaign Trail

Alison Teal | Posted 08.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Aspen Institute, Dalai Lama Aspen, Dalai Lama, Aspen Colorado, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Living News
Alison Teal

When the rest of the country is having conversations about the Olympics or Rielle Hunter, Aspenites are screaming about the rebirth of Russian national aspiration in its most ugly form.

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CON GAMES: The Full Condi

Michael Conniff | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, Iraq War, Classical Music, 9/11 Commission, Aspen, Condirice, Entertainment News
Michael Conniff

Under the tent in Aspen, Condi said that it really "gets under my skin" when people say she and the neocons wanted to go to war. "Nobody wants to go to war," she said. Really? The way I remember it,

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Con Games: Code Friedman

Michael Conniff | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Thomas Friedman, Aspen, Aspen Ideas Festival, Books, David Halberstam, Thomas Friedman Suck on This, Media News
Michael Conniff

Something has happened to Thomas Friedman: he has started to believe his own bullsh*t. A fatal flaw has crept into Friedman's reporting that borders on journalistic megalomania.

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A View of the World from the Aspen Ideas Festival

Lynda Resnick | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Aspen Institute, Oil Prices, Income Disparity, Climate Change, China, Politics News
Lynda Resnick

Perhaps we need a benevolent dictator, not a president. No, that won't work... so how do we solve our problems? By attending festivals of ideas in Aspen and returning home charged with a new spirit of change.

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The Mind of the Beginner: Learning to Ski in Aspen

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 01.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Snowmass, Winter Sports, Aspen, Outdoor Exercise, Ski School, Skiing, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

It really began to feel like an out-of-body experience once I arrived at Snowmass mountain to start my skiing education.

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Goldie Hawn Laments Aspen's Paparazzi Influx

AP | Posted 01.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn, Aspen, Entertainment News

Actress Goldie Hawn says she cannot go into Aspen from her nearby ranch anymore because of aggressive paparazzi who pursue her car and stake out her h...

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From Hitchhikers to Private Jets: The Season in Aspen Begins

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 12.20.2007 | Living

Read More: Aspen Colorado, Colorado Skiing, Aspen Skiing, Colorado, Aspen, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

Aspen is about ideas, and one idea here is that celebrities can be free to just chill out and not be bothered by their celebrity -while getting, of course, the full-fledged celebrity treatment.

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