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Robert Johnson

"There Is a Crack in Everything; That's How the Light Gets in"

Melanie Drane | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Mending, Re-Purpose, Re-Use, Critique, Restore, Workshop, Writing, Robert Johnson, Jane Hirshfield, Prompts, Repair, Poems, Breaking, Environment, Revision, Stories, Anu Tuominen, Revise, Jung, Books News
Melanie Drane

Mending is always accompanied by an element of risk. Something may function again, but differently, so that every successful re-use is accompanied by a sense of luck and relief.

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George Soros Battles Free Market Zealots With New Fund, Economic Journal: Newsweek

newsweek.com | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sir James Mirrlees, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Hyman Minsky, George Akerlof, Robert Johnson, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Michael Spence, Fiscal Policy, Business News

Large swaths of economics are going to have to be rethought on the basis of what's happened." So said Larry Summers, President Obama's chief economic ...

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Obama 2012

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home

Read More: 14th Amendment, Spike Lee, Bryant Park, Mark Penn, 2012 Election, Terrence Yang, Racism, B.E.T., Barack Hussein Obama, Zero Mostel, Tavis Smiley, 13th Amendment, Colin Powell, Do the Right Thing, Reconstruction, Heidi Klum, Melting Pot, Cipriani's, Robert Johnson, Hip-Hop, Seal, Deb Slott, W.E.B. Dubois, Segregation, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Criminal Industrial Complex, Sonia Sotomayor, Sidney Poiter, Virginia Davies, Shelby Steele, The Dance Flick, Pink Elephant, Booker T. Washington, Home News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

I went to New York to meet Obama the candidate, and in a Soho apartment he told a small group of us that his middle name was Hussein. I thought he was telling a joke.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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New Tunes On Monday: Green Day, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Tori Amos, Kate Voegele, and Mat Kearney

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tori Amos, Ginger Baker, Hilarie Burton, Scrubs, Chad Michael Murray, Eminem, Squeeze, Bono, Sting, Willie Weeks, Counting Crows, Chris Stainton, Billie Joe Armstrong, The Who, One Tree Hill, J.J. Cale, Adam Duritz, John M, Grey’s Anatomy, Bruce Hornsby, Traffic, South Park, Rich Grech, Five for Fighting, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, Friday Night Lights, CHris Lord-Alge, The Police, Blind Faith, Punk, John Lennon, Bones, U2, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, The Hollies, Ray Charles, American Idol, Eric Clapton, Tré Cool, Miley Cyrus, Mat Kearney, Jason Mraz, The Mamas and the Papas, Quadrophenia, Queen, Kyle XY, Ray Davies, Madison Square Garden, The Kinks, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Disney, Scott McKenzie, Kate Voegele, Jonas Brothers, Green Day, John Ondrasik, Butch Vig, Mad Max, Matt Nathanson, Robert Johnson, Belinda Carlisle, Ian Thomas, Pete Townsend, Mike Dirnt, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Chris Dugan, John Phillips, Escher, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Though Tori Amos' career may have suffered from being overly prolific and recording some questionable cover songs, every new album is a bouquet of interesting, intelligent songs for her loyal fans.

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Study Shows Politics Worse Than Crack Cocaine

Tom Gerdy | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Pray for Peace, Cocaine, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Political Scandal, Scandal, Conventions, Living News
Tom Gerdy

How addictive is the game of politics and power? My unscientific study indicates that crack cocaine is nothing when compared to political power. Let...

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BET Founder Apologizes For His Portrayal Of A Black Man

236 | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Robert Johnson and Obama Insult, Robert Johnson, Barack Obama, Home News

Hillary Clinton supporter--and the reason for television shows like "Hot Ghetto Mess"--Robert Johnson apologized for making a reference to Senator Bar...

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Sam Stein

Clinton Defends, Then Criticizes, BET Founder's Controversial Remark

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Controversial Comments, Democratic Primary, Drug Use, 2008 Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, Robert Johnson, Barack Obama, Democratic Debate, Politics News

At the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, Senator Hillary Clinton said she took BET founder Robert Johnson at his word when he said he wasn't ...

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Jason Linkins

Richard Cohen Suggests Obama Has A 'Farrakhan Test,' Obama Responds

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Louis Farrakhan, Richard Cohen, Race, Robert Johnson, Barack Obama, Politics News

Cohen's whole piece today is an identity politics cheap shot masquerading as high-minded outrage. It's a masterwork of tortured logic, to boot.

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BET Founder Defends Obama Comments

Washington Post | Frank Ahrens | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton MLK, Bill Clinton, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama Drug Use, 2008 Election, Robert Johnson, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama Race, Politics News

A day after his remarks about Sen. Barack Obama helped fuel a rancorous debate about race in the Democratic presidential contest, an unapologetic Robe...

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Sam Stein

Kerry Blasts Clinton Camp's "Negative, Petty" Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, Bill Clinton, White House, John Kerry, Drug Use, Iraq War, Democratic Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Voting Record, Criticism, 2008 Election, Robert Johnson, Barack Obama, Politics News

Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, took aim at Hillary Clinton on Monday, saying her criticism of Barack Obama's stance on the...

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Sam Stein

Pro-Clinton BET Founder Attacks Obama, Hints At Past Drug Use

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Controversial Comments, Bill Clinton, Democratic Primary, Social Security, Drug Use, Campaign Trail, Hillary Clinton, President Bush, 2008 Election, Robert Johnson, Estate Tax, Barack Obama, Politics News

Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, injected himself into the middle of a flaring campaign controversy on Su...

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