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Obama, Pundits, And Second Guessing Yourself

Jim Selman | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Mainstream Media, Marriage, Nero, Wall Street, Spectacle, Rome, President Obama, Democratic Process, Obama, Obama Popularity, Media, Spectator, Romans Coliseum, Healthcare, Living News
Jim Selman

I've written about how life in our society is becoming a 'spectator sport'. I'm reminded of this as I hear pundits criticizing Obama as if their points aren't contrived to produce controversy or provoke conflict.

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Determining a "Just War" in 2009, 1906, and 412 AD

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Theodore Roosevelt, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Obama Peace Prize, History, St. Augustine, Rome, Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech, War, Politics News
Lapham's Quarterly

In December of 1906, Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and he made these remarks to Congress in that same month.

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Judah the Maccabee's Five Lessons for Barack Obama

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Freedom-Tower-Construction, Kabul-Mayor, Rome, Maccabees, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Kabul, Story of Chanukah, Menorah, Afghanistan Corruption, Story-of-Chanukah, Antiochus, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War, Chanukah, Greece, Dead-or-Alive, Freedom Tower, Judah Maccabee, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan-Counterinsurgency, Orin Hatch, Orin Hatch Chanukah Song, Somalia, Two-State Solution, Israel, Hannukah, World News
Aaron Zelinsky

From the story of Chanukah, we see how not to fight a guerrilla insurgency. From the Maccabees, we learn how to rally a people and a nation. Here are Chanukah's five geopolitical lessons.

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Are We Not Romans?

Michael Vlahos | Posted 12.05.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Rome, Afghanistan, Romans, Obama West Point Speech, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, World News
Michael Vlahos

Americans like to compare themselves to old Romans, especially those martial neocons-of-the-soft-hands and their adder-tongued women. But hearken: It may be a fair analogy.

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Pick-Up Lines In Rome: Sexual Harassment Or Poetry?

Marta Mondelli | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Italian Men, Italy, Looking, Touching, Rome, Eyes, Sexual Harassment, Living News
Marta Mondelli

I've been living in NYC for seven years now and when I go back to Italy, I'm surprised at the way men and women distinctly check each other out.

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Mobster Domenico Raccuglia, 'The Veterinarian,' Is Arrested In Italy

AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Mob, Rome, Crime, Organized Crime, Mafia, Raccagulia Arrested, Sicily, Palermo, Domenico Raccuglia, Costa Nostra, World News

ROME — Police captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives on Sunday, dealing a stiff blow to the island's Cosa Nostra crime syndicate, Italian ...

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So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Communion, King-Henry-Viii, Rome, Horses, Racehorse-Names, Italy, Anglican Communion, Converting, Mac-Osx, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Apple Computers, Beethoven, Immortal Soul, Jesus, Pc, The Tudors, Peter Gallagher, The Pope, Mac, The Reformation, Roman Catholic Church, The New York Times, Microsoft, Catholic, Apple, Global Anglicanism, The Vatican, Jesus Christ, Autobiography, Anglican Church, Vatican City, Frank Mccourt, Archbishop of Canterbury, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).

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Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dubai, Stephen Wiltshire, Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong, Art Therapy, Photographic Memory, Painting, New York City, Frankfurt, London, Art, Madrid, Drawing, Autism, Tokyo, Impact News

Stephen Wiltshire was mute when he was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three. He began communicating through his drawings after being sent ...

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'Twilight' - And Its Fans - To Invade Rome

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Taylor Lauter, Rome, Twilight, Robert Pattinson, Film, Twilight Rome, Entertainment News

ROME — The Volturi have invaded the red carpet. The actors playing the vampire "royal class" in the highly anticipated second installment of th...

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Ancient Auditorium, Called Athenaeum, Unveiled In Rome

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Auditorium Rome, Italy, Emperor Hadrian, Rome Auditorium, Archaeology, Rome, Athenaeum, Athenaeum Rome Archaeology, Atheneum in Rome, Excavations at Piazza Venezia, Ancient Auditorium, Called Athenaeum, Unveiled in Rome, Athenaeum Rome, Rome Auditorium Piazza Venezia, Rome Hadrian's Athenaeum Discovered, Ancient Auditorium Found in Rome Photos, Ancient Rome, Hadrian Auditorium Pictures, Ancient Auditorium Discovered in Italy, World News

ROME — Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled the remains of an ancient auditorium where scholars, politicians and poets held debates and lectures...

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A Food Competition, Obstructed

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Competition, Eggplant, Cook-Off, Food, New York, Takedown, Recipe, Rome, Williamsburg Brooklyn, The Gutter, New York News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

On Sunday, twelve foodie hopefuls kicked off the first installment of The Food Obstructions' monthly cook-off by gathering at The Gutter, a Williamsburg bowling alley.

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After Immunity Decision, Berlusconi Vows To Show All Italians "The Stuff I Am Made Of"

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO and ARIEL DAVID | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Berlusconi Corruption, Berlusconi Trial, Italy, Berlusconi Immunity, Berlusconi, Immunity Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Rome, World News

ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday he will go on TV and appear in courtrooms to prove that corruption and tax fraud charges ...

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Videocracy: An Interview with Erik Gandini

Nina Burleigh | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Women and Politics, Television, Fox News, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Rome, Berlusconi Protest, World News
Nina Burleigh

Waving banners scrawled with "Berlusconi is bad for Italy's health," more than a hundred thousand people rallied to protest for a free press in Italy over the weekend.

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Mad Men: "Souvenir" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, 1963, Grace Kelly, Conrad Hilton, Rome, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Virna Lisi, Don Draper, Nelson Rockefeller, Conservation, Bryn Mawr, Los Angeles, New York, La Dolce Vita, Entertainment News
William Bradley

This episode was a big showcase for January Jones, a stunning beauty who is also a very good actress. Forget Don, this was the Betty Draper show.

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Thousands Rally In Rome To Defend Press Freedom; Berlusconi Dismisses As A "Joke"

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Silvio Berlusconi, Rome, Berlusconi Protest Joke, Rai, Press Freedom, Press Freedom Rally Rome, Media News, Rome Rallies, Press Freedom Rome, Rome Protest, World News

ROME — Tens of thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in a Rome square Saturday to defend press freedom, ac...

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The Rise And Fall Of New York: A Tragedy In 3 Acts

Nelson Montana | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Politics, Clinton, Economy, Empire State Building, American Declien, Rome, 9/11, Rockefeller, Obama, Recession, Coliseum, Ground Zero, Bush, New York News
Nelson Montana

I still love this town. But it saddens me to see how far it's fallen. Can the rest of the country be far behind?

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Baby Boomers: 1969 - Europe on 5 Dollars a Day; 2009 - Europe on 500 Dollars a Day

Brent Green | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: King David, Adventure and Educational Travel, Dollar, Europe, Rome, Goliath the Gallery of the Accademia, Michaelangelo, Venice, Euro, Baby Boomers, Recession, Italy During Recession, Italy, Travel During Recession, Living News
Brent Green

Arthur Frommer's best-selling book published in 1957, Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, is quaintly incongruous 52 years later.

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Rome: Nero Dining Room Unveiled

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Rome Nero, Nero's Dining Room, Italy, Nero, Archaeology, Nero Dining Room, Rome, Nero, Rome, Nero Round Room, Neros Room, Discovery Rome Nehro, Rome Nero Dining Room, Round Chamber Nero, Nero Dining, Revolving Room in Rome, Nero's Dining Room Discovery, Nero's Golden Palace in Rome, Italy, World News

ROME — Not only was Nero a Roman emperor, it turns out he may also have been the father of the revolving restaurant. Archaeologists unveiled Tue...

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The Quest for Style

Anita Tedaldi | Posted 11.28.2009 | Style

Read More: Grazia-Magazine, Vogue, Italy, Fashion, Rome, Style, Dooce, Donna Moderna, Huffington Post, Heather Armstrong, Style News
Anita Tedaldi

I've come to realize that style is an essential part of everyone's life, expressed through fashion, living spaces, or simply in the ways in which we handle ourselves in different situations.

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I Need to Get Rid of Him

Juliet Linley | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Daycare, Toddlers, Parenting, Children, Journalism, Parents, Rome, Living News
Juliet Linley

"He knows I need to get rid of him. I can't stand him anymore," my colleague retorted. Then she added, equally angrily, "And he can't stand me."

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A Never-Ending Battle

Michael Kaplan | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: 9/11, Germany, Battle, Rome, Anniversary, Bozo Sapiens, Teutoburger Wald, Varus, Home News
Michael Kaplan

We remain in danger of making the same mistakes the Romans made.

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Visiting the Real Rome

Kim Mance | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Web Series, Tourism, Sustainability, Italy, Travel, Web TV, Rome, Living News
Kim Mance

Rome is brimming with artists, craftsmen, and quirkiness just waiting to be seen by the curious traveler who dares to wander off the beaten path.

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Shut Up and Listen! And That Means All of Us!

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psychotherapy, Kimberly Krautter, Darfur, Climate Change, Rome, Health Care Reform, Gop, Kermit the Frog, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Reaction, Torture, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

If we don't create a climate of communication, of listening and translation, there will be no health care reform.

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Pope's Cast Removed From Broken Wrist

AP | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Pope Surgery, Pope Broken Wrist, Italy, Vatican, Pope Cast, Rome, The Pope, World News

VATICAN CITY — Doctors on Friday removed Pope Benedict XVI's cast five weeks after he broke his right wrist in a fall and said they were pleased...

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Switzerland Grows, Italy Shrinks As Glacier Melts

AP | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Switzerland, Italy, Alps, Bern, Climate Change, Rome, World News

BERN, Switzerland — Switzerland has expanded its border at Italy's expense because of melting glaciers in the high Alps. The Swiss government o...

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