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Kevin Spacey Signs On To Play "Shrink" To The Stars

Variety | Posted 06.17.2008 | Entertainment

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Kevin Spacey will lead the ensemble cast of indie "Shrink," a Jonas Pate-directed drama that has just begun production in Los Angeles. Spacey, who's ...

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Coming this Sunday in NYT: Gore Vidal Questions McCain's POW Claims

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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In an interview for this Sunday's edition of The New York Times Magazine, sent to E&P in advance, famed novelist/essayist Gore Vidal appears to quest...

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William F. Buckley, R.I.P.: Rest In Peace, Praise, or is it Privilege?

Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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The obituaries do a disservice to Buckley, who deserves better -- better being an honest account of his disastrous views as well as his political triumph in helping the far right come to power.

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Jonah Goldberg to Base! Under Attack by Commie-Nazis!

Chris Kelly | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

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Goldberg noticed that "Nazi" is short for "national socialist," which is scholarship on a level with discovering that there were mid-winter holidays that predated Christmas.

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Memo to Fred Thompson: America Has an Empire

Joe Lauria | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

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We do know that Ron Paul deserves credit for bringing up the obvious in a hostile environment. Maybe some day historical fact will seep into the mainstream and at least be seriously debated.

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Gore Vidal for Dennis Kucinich: A farsighted populist and pacifist.

The Nation | Posted 11.08.2007 | Home

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This is one in a series of eight essays making the case for each of the Democratic presidential contenders. This article is published online in collaboration with HuffPost's OffTheBus.

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Hail to the Punchline-in-Chief: An All-Star Panel of Pundits Weighs in on America's Most Comical Presidents

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

We asked political observers -- including Nora Ephron, Peggy Noonan, Harry Shearer, Conrad Black, Richard Belzer, David Frum, Paul Slansky, and Joe and Jerry Long -- to weigh in on the question: Who was our most comical president?

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Die Mr. Smith, Die

Dennis Perrin | Posted 09.06.2007 | Entertainment

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I just caught Barry Levinson's Man of the Year on HBO, and I can see why it received lousy reviews. It's a scattershot effort, and coming when war and corporate corruption are rampant, is unforgivably toothless.

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