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Will & Kate Wedding Portrait Made Of Garbage

The Observer | Tom Lamont | Posted 06.18.2011

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Of all the cultural figures we approached to pay tribute to the royal wedding, Bob and Roberta Smith chose arguably the most abstract approach. The ea...

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Dubai, Sex, and Rampant Generalizations

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hisham Wyne

Dubai's pact with its residents is that the powers-that-be remain laissez faire in private matters as long as these don't spill over into the public domain.

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The Heisenberg Effect of Televising Political Negotiations

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Because I wanted as wide an audience as possible, I wrote this article the way I did. Because I know in advance that I'm "being observed," I changed my presentation. The same is true in politics.

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Celebrating The Storytellers: 5 Articles About New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michelle and Tal offered me their cottage for a week this summer. Prime time on a northern lake. How could I say no? One morning I slipped down to th...

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Karl Rove's Newsweek Contract Details Confirmed

Huffington Post/New York Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Rove will be a member of the Newsweek family through 2009, the New York Observer's John Koblin has confirmed. Rove joined the Newsweek staff in ...

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