Bill Zimmerman

'60s Memoir Troublemaker Speaks to Us Now

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Iraq War, 1960s, MoveOn.Org, Assisted Suicide, Vietnam War, George W. Bush, Bill Zimmerman, Medical Marijuana, Military Draft, Wounded Knee, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Books News
Michael Sigman

My sense that there's an inverse relationship between the draft and war -- more of the former produces less of the latter.

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Sheepish In Carlyfornia

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hewlitt Packard, Barbara Boxer, John McCain, Einstein, Socrates, Carly Fiorina, Buddha, Sarah Palin, H.L. Mencken, Glenn Gould, Bach, Bill Zimmerman, William James, Augustine, Politics News
Michael Sigman

You may think that Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep" ad will hurt Fiorina's chances, but the video has given the senatorial candidate free publicity.

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Class Warfare: Ruth Reichl vs. Rachel Ray

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Food Network, Bernie Shaw, Bobby Flay, Crossfire, Bill Zimmerman, Pat Buchanan, Dan Schorr, Mary Alice Waters, Marion Cunningham, Cnn, Ruth Reichl, Mario Batali, Gourmet, Jacques Pepin, Nelson Rockefeller, James Beard, Gourmet Magazine, Julia Child, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Condé Nast, which sells its advertising based on the size and demographics of its subscribers, decided to go with mass instead of class, and closed Gourmet down.

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