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"Alice In Wonderland" Inspires Bestselling Trilogy "The Looking Glass Wars" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

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Tomorrow is National Young Readers Day, an initiative to celebrate and encourage a love of reading in kids, and in honor of that, we bring you this in...

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Cutting to the Chase

Robin Lakoff | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Semantics, English, Linguistics, Portmanteaus, Language, Acronyms, Truncations, Brangelina, Through-the-Looking-Glass, Neologism, Twitter, Humpty-Dumpty, Latin, Lewis Carroll, Words, Spanglish, Chinglish, English Language, Misspeaking, Living News
Robin Lakoff

It seems obvious that people create shortened forms to save time. And yet, most often, we don't save that much time and may run the risk of endangering intelligibility.

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Michael Jackson: Reflections On The Complexity of Being Human

Janice Taylor | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Alice in Wonderland, Michael Jackson, Plastic Surgery, Human Beings, Janice Taylor, Lewis Carroll, Henry David Thoreau, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Cheshire Cat, Healthy Living, Literature, Living News
Janice Taylor

In this moment of reflection, I offer you some thoughts from some of our most respected and best philosophers, writers and just plain folk that may help us find our way.

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A New "Green" Economy

Michael DeJong | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill, George Washington Carver, Bill Clinton, Michael Phelps Marijuana Photo, Lewis Carroll, Incarcerated Black Males, Salvador Dali, William Shakespeare, 420, Richard Branson, Willie Nelson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Michael Bloomberg Mayor, Pot Smoking, Barack Obama, Climate Change Accelerating, Brad Pitt, Louis Armstrong, Queen Victoria, Environmental Justice Foundation, Green Economy, Kellogg's, Mad Hatter Johnny Depp, Save the Sea, Legalize Marijuana, Global Green USA, Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership Award, Business News
Michael DeJong

In an economy quickly going down the toilet faster than a nickel bag government-sanctioned "ganja" could 'pot'-entially create more and literally 'green' jobs and add much needed tax revenues.

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The Snark Ascending

Steven G. Kellman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Snark, Satire, David Denby, Books, Tom Wolfe, Snarkiness, Karl Rove, Dale Peck, Lewis Carroll, Pessimism, Political Satire, Critics, Stephen Colbert Satire, Nihilism, Style News
Steven G. Kellman

Snark presupposes a secret society of shared disdain. It preens, reveling in its own cleverness.

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Not Just Kid Stuff: From Kidz Bop to The Fuzzy Stones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kenny Loggins, Linda Ronstadt, Jason & the Scorchers, Gorillaz, Lisa Loeb, Janis Ian, The Fuzzy Stones, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dan Zanes, Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, The Music Man, John Mayer, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Bette Midler, Mary Poppins, Hans Christian Anderson, Timbaland, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Robert B. Sherman, Van Hunt, Tom CHapin, Peter Paul & Mary, The Jackson 5, Daughtry, Fleischer Brothers, Millie Jackson, Pbs, Teddy Pendegrass, Black Eyed Peas, Think Tree, Barney & Friends, Fergie, George Benson, Dr. John, Elmo, Pete Fitzpatrick, Gwen Stefani, Teddy Geiger, Todd Tobias, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, They Might Be Giants, Al Jarreau, Tracy Bonham, Taylor Swift, Smash Mouth, Laurie Berkner, Cobra Verde, Pink, Jack Johnson, The New Zoo Review, David Seville, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Monkees, Justin Timerblake, Barenaked Ladies, Barney, Laurel & Hardy, Buck Howdy, Rankin & Bass, Miley Cyrus, Sesame Street, The Original P, National Geographic, The Wiggles, Britney Spears, Clem Snide, The Blue Man Group, Brad Robinson, Harry Chapin, Judy Garland, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Douglas "Truth" Smith, Lou Rawls, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Robert Pollard, Peanuts, Carly Simon, Public Broadcasting System, Ohio, Plain White T’s, Nikka Costa, Count Zero, Naftule's Dream, Cleveland Scene, Jim Henson, Bing Crosby, The Partridge Family, Rhianna, Dr. Suess, Green Day, Beyoncé, Texas, Looney Tunes, Fat Albert, Justin Roberts, Kidz Bop, Marlo Thomas, Kate Taylor, The Sippycups, Farmer Jason, Josie & the Pussycats, Guided by Voices, Gang of Four, The Chipmunks, The Doobie Brothers, Nelly, Alicia Keys, The Simon Sisters, Richard M. Sherman, Eric Paul, James Taylor, The Archies, Bruce Springsteen, Putumayo, How I Met Your Mother, Sony Wonder, Neil Patrick Harris, Fall Out Boy, Raffi, Baby Einstein, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Blake, Robert Burns, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Veggie Tales, Red Skelton, The Red Skelton Show, Jackie Gleason, Lawrence Welk, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, Itunes, Fraggle Rock, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

When did children's music get so awful? It wasn't always as painful to listen to. Some historic recordings, though not exactly classified as "children's," have been cherished forever.

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Guantanamo as Alice in Wonderland

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, Lewis Carroll, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, US District Court, China, Uighurs, Parhat v. Bush, Detainee Treatment Act, Habeas Corpus, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Huzaifa Parhat, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Merrick B. Garland, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The US administration's basis for holding prisoners without charge or trial in the "War on Terror" belongs in a fantasy world. At the heart of this fantasy world are the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

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