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Virgin Atlantic iPhone App Helps Fear Of Flying

Reuters | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic. Long-haul airline Virgin Atla...

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J.U. and I

Erica Jong | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

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Erica Jong

John Updike was one of the few writers of our age who didn't see writing as an aggressive act that needed to be met with another aggressive act: criticism.

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Love Comes First

Erica Jong | Posted 03.02.2009 | Entertainment

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Erica Jong

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. The truth is we need poetry -- even as we fight against it.

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The Miracle as a Metaphor: What We Can Really Learn From Flight 1549

Lynda Resnick | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

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Lynda Resnick

Times are tough. Our economy has taken a triple bird strike and we've lost all engines and a wing. We are engaged in two wars, our unemployment rate is ratcheting up... but we can land this plane.

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Obama and Sully: A New Age of American Competence?

Dan Brown | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Dan Brown

It's been a dark eight years, and I'm ready for some hope. Today, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger and Barack Obama are the delivery men.

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The Geese Fight Back

John Marshall | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business

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John Marshall

We geese have taken about all the crap we're going to take. To avoid problems in the future, we suggest better communication between the FAA and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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The Three Myths About Plane Crashes

Ben Sherwood | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home

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Ben Sherwood

How can you survive a plane crash? After going through the FAA's plane crash survival school in Oklahoma City and interviewing many experts and survivors of plane crashes, here are four key tips.

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Fear of Flying (There's a Plane in the River Under My Window)

Peter Daou | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home

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Peter Daou

There's a plane in the river under my window. I live in lower Manhattan and if I thought I'd escaped the craziness of Beirut, this neighborhood has proven to be equally prone to life's darkest surprises.

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US Airways Jet Floats Down the Hudson

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home

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John Tepper Marlin

The plane that left from LaGuardia and only got as far as the Hudson at 50th Street was towed past my window just now.

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Sam Stein

Wolfson Over Fear Of Flying -- Destined For State?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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With Hillary Clinton seemingly locked up for the post of Secretary of State, several Democratic sources have begun speculating that her long-time comm...

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Bones is So Awesome, It Helped Defeat My Fear of Flying. Really.

Jamie Frevele | Posted 12.24.2008 | Entertainment

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Jamie Frevele

Now, if Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and tough guy FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) can fight crime on a plane... I can surely just sit on one, right?

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Leave Silda Alone! Erica Jong Tells People To Butt Out On "Reliable Sources"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.14.2008 | Media

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Jong was incredulous that so many people felt it was their place to judge, opine, psychoanalyze or otherwise comment on a private marriage, as well as the decision of Silda Spitzer to stand by her man.

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