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Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Laureate: Whatever Happened to Awarding for Deeds Actually Done?

Michael Russnow | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Alfred Nobel, Al Gore, Willy Brandt, Henry Kissinger, Russnow, Blackberry, Twitter, Iraq, Facebook, Woodrow Wilson, Cnn, Muslim, Theodore Roosevelt, Michael Russnow, Iraq War, Jimmy Carter, Youtube, League of Nations, Afghanistan, Obama Nobel, Barack Obama Nobel, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, World News
Michael Russnow

It is enormously premature for Obama to be getting this great tribute, which to a certain extent cheapens the prior recipients and the work all of them performed over so many years.

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Letterman's Running Gag About Crashing Obama/Oprah Dinner on Martha's Vineyard: Hasn't Dave Heard Teddy Kennedy Died?

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Abc, The Tonight Show, Cape Cod, John McCain, Late Night Shows, Russnow, Federal Reserve Bank, Nbc, Cbs, Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien, Edward Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, The Late Show, Michael Russnow, Craig Ferguson, Oprah, Jimmy Kimmel, Ben Bernanke, Ram Productions, Jimmy Fallon, Martha's Vineyard, David Letterman, Ted Kennedy, Comedy News
Michael Russnow

David Letterman continued joking about not being invited to dinner with Oprah and Obama in Martha's Vineyard even after he knew the president was delivering a eulogy for Ted Kennedy on Saturday.

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My GE Dishwasher Tragedy, Manufacturer Parts, Car Repairs and Doctor Visits: Let's Be Mad as Hell and Not Take it Anymore!

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Abc, General Electric, Ge, Russnow, Howard Beale, Nbc, Anderson Cooper, Technology, Cbs, Regulation, Cars, Network, Cnn, Paddy Chayefsky, Ceos, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, Peter Finch, Pepboys, Toyota Corolla, Toyota, Business News
Michael Russnow

Manufacturing CEOs do very little to reduce the need for maintenance work and perhaps there should be legislative enforcement requiring them to do so.

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Citigroup Proposed Reverse Stock Split: Didn't They Learn Any Lessons from AIG?

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Met Life, Bob Benmosche, Abc, Citigroup, Russnow, Nbc, Twitter, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Wall Street Journal, Facebook, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Msnbc, Aig, Cnbc, Cnn, Michael Russnow, Fox News, Ram Productions, Citibank, Reverse Stock Split, Business News
Michael Russnow

For God's sake, let the company continue to mend and slowly work its way back to financial health without methods that are historically unhelpful to the stock value.

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Obama Backtracks Calling Police Action Stupid: Was It Moderation or Is Obama Becoming the First Wimp?

Michael Russnow | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Democratic Convention, Abc, First Amendment, Russnow, Twitter, Nbc, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Brian Williams, Barack Obama, Sgt. Leon Lashley, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Msnbc, Harvard, Cnn, David Gergen, Presidential Election, Charlie Gibson, Harvard Law Review, Sgt. James Crowley, Katie Couric, Michael Russnow, Michael Jackson Toxicology Reports, Youtube, Cambridge Police Department, Fox News, Ram Productions, Henry Louis Gates, 2012 Primaries, Politics News
Michael Russnow

The fact that our president won't stand behind his words when they become controversial makes me quite concerned about his future.

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AIG Proposed Reverse Stock Split: Shareholders Should Vote This Down as a No-Brainer

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Abc, Citigroup, Russnow, Wells Fargo, Stock Market, Twitter, Nbc, Ram Productions International, Cbs, Insurance Companies, Cnbc, Aig, Cnn, Stimulus Package, Michael Russnow, Citibank, Bankruptcy, Ibm, Financial Crisis, Today Show, Personal Finance, Youtube, Fox News, Business News
Michael Russnow

This 1:20 split smells, to me, a bit too rancid for the ordinary shareholders, not to mention the U.S. public who are hoping to recover their investment.

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Racial Advancement on TV: Is the Progress Depicted Well-Intentioned Fantasy?

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Privileged, 90210, Myspace, Russnow, Heroes, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ugly Betty, Cbs, Lipstick Jungle, Calista Flockhart, October Road, Eric Holder, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Kings, Tom Berenger, One Tree Hill, Rob Lowe, u.s. Census Bureau, Gossip Girl, Roland Fryer Jr., Antwon Tanner, Barbara Alyn Woods, Dirty Sexy Money, Grant Show, Abc, House, Everwood, Er, Audra McDonald, Twitter, Nbc, Kate Walsh, Ram Productions International, Sally Field, Facebook, Boston Legal, Barack Obama, Cnn, The West Wing, Brothers and Sisters, Black History Month, Bones, Michael Russnow, Desperate Housewives, Fox News, Chuck, Cold Case, Vanessa Williams, Lost, Race Relations, Intermarriage, Racial Attitudes, Chicago-Illinois, Indonesia, Msnbc, Media News
Michael Russnow

I've been noticing over the past several years a tendency for the Media to depict racial togetherness in a manner that doesn't come close to representing reality.

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Susan Boyle Placed Rather Than Won: Hollie Steel Cried Her Way into the Finals

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Impossible Dream, Simon Cowell, Reality TV, I Dreamed a Dream, Britain's Got Talent, Russnow, Jamie Pugh, Cats, 2 Grand, Twitter, Queen Elizabeth, Les Miserables, Callum Francis, Amanda Holden, Diversity, Susan Boyle, Sallie Lax, Michael Russnow, Kieran Gaffney, Aiden Davis, Ain't No Sunshine, Natalie Okry, Memory, Greg Pritchard, Shaun Smith, American Idol, Ant and Dec, Hollie Steel, Shaheen Jafargholi, Flawless, Cnn, Cbs, Larry King, Google, Abc, Nbc, You Tube, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, Yahoo!, Today Show, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

it seems to me Susan's negative press in the tabloids and CNN, plus tweets on Twitter may have worked against her.

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Susan Boyle Made it to the Finals But Wasn't Great in the Semis: A Case of Nerves and the Wrong Song Choice

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Carousel, Reality TV, I Dreamed a Dream, Britain's Got Talent, Russnow, Cats, If I Loved You, Twitter, Les Miserables, Ram Productions International, The Sound of Music, Amanda Holden, Cnn, Susan Boyle, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Memory, American Idol, Piers Morgan, You'll Never Walk Alone, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

To win the contest Boyle should revert to a song that shows her greater strengths, one which is in her complete range so that she can demonstrate she deserves to be a musical star.

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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tammy and Victor, Hawaii, Europe, Home, Russnow, Switzerland, Beijing, Scotland, Emmy Award, Cbs, Thailand, China, Star Search, Margie and Luke, Bavaria, London, South Africa, Salzburg, Aberdeen, Russia, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Romania, Mexico City, Cancun, Survivor, Phil Keoghan, Siberia, Brazil, Bangkok, Munich, Maui, Michael Russnow, The Amazing Race, India, Namibia, American Idol, Major Bowes, Jaipur, Cambridge University, Reality TV, Andreas Stenschke, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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Susan Boyle's Phenomenal Ride Just Won't Stop: And Yes, It Mattered That She Could Sing

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Abc, Reality TV, Home, Britain's Got Talent, Russnow, Lottery, You Tube, Brian Williams, Elaine Paige, Queen for a Day, Cnn, Susan Boyle, Larry King, Michael Russnow, Oprah, American Idol, Extreme Makeover, Glasgow, Evita, Nbc, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

It's been a week and I still can't get enough of the Susan Boyle phenomenon -- I've watched her video countless times.

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Airline Service is a Sham: Memo to Doug Parker of US Airways, Your Company Tops the List

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Soft Drink, Florida, Russnow, US Airways, United Airlines, Doug Parker, Ram Productions International, Free Airline Tickets, American Airlines, Pilots, Greyhound Bus, Sullenberger, Fuel Cost, Sully, Airline Service, Michael Russnow, Mileage Awards, Continental Airlines, Catch Me if You Can, Leonardo Dicaprio, Delta Airlines, Airlines, Business News
Michael Russnow

Why haven't these horrendous so-called cost conscious changes been rescinded as the gas prices have come down?

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Tea and Sympathy's Robert Anderson Was a Class Act: The Great Playwright Lured Deborah Kerr to Broadway

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: ACE Award, Russnow, Switzerland, Scottish Film Council, Academy Award Nomination, Deborah Kerr, Roundabout Theatre, Motion Picture Academy, The Patricia Neal Story, The Nun's Story, I Never Sang for My Father, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, David Bruce, Tea and Sympathy, WGA Award, WGA Nomination, Prime Minister Major, The Sand Pebbles, Cbe, Ben Benjamin, Until They Sail, Queen Elizabeth, Ingrid Bergman, The Reader, Tennessee Williams, Harvard Club, New York City, Arthur Miller, Robert Anderson, Michael Russnow, Providence, Klosters, Dame, Movies, The Last Act Is a Solo, Silent Night Lonely Night, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Tea and Sympathy will be remembered eternally for its final line, "Years from now when you talk about this -- and you will -- be kind" -- one of the tenderest moments in Broadway history.

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Good the Movie is Only Somewhat So: Another Nazi Film About a Flawed Relationship

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nazi Germany, Boy in Striped Pajamas, Kate Winslet, Jason Isaacs, Anastasia Hille, Russnow, Jodie Whittaker, Ram Productions International, The Reader, Movies, Defiance, Good, JOhn Wrathall, Valkyrie, Gemma Jones, Viggo Mortensen, Vicente Amorim, Michael Russnow, Tom Cruise, C. P. Taylor, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Krystalnacht, Reichstag, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Good hasn't a prayer of making any money but if you don't care about only seeing what's in vogue you won't go away feeling unmoved.

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Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bolivia, Abc, Steven Soderbergh, Fulgencio Batista, Judgment at Nuremberg, Frost/Nixon, Benicio Del Toro, Russnow, Ram Productions International, The Reader, Che, Che Guevara, Movies, Peter Andrews, Harvey Milk, Passion of the Christ, Peter Buchman, Defiance, Julia Ormond, Alberto Iglesias, Benjamin Van Der Veen, Fidel Castro, Mel Gibson, Michael Russnow, Cuba, Milk, Lisa Howard, Spartacus, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

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Bernard Madoff Didn't Just Hurt Jews: He Was an Equal Opportunity Swindler

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Gay Casting Directors, Access International, Russnow, Allan Manings, Aozora Bank, Christmas, Meyer Lansky, Duke Helfand, Bank Medici, Jewish People, Rabbi Elliot Dorff, BNP Paribas, Rene-Thierry De La Villehuchet, Bernard Madoff, Bramdean Alternatives, Personal Finance, Nomura Holdings, Fortis, Union Bancaire Privee, Banco Santander, Bugsy Siegel, Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Nicola Horlick, Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, Barack Obama, Chanukah, Royal Bank of Scotland, France, Muslims, Liliane Bettencourt, Michael Russnow, Ascot Partners, Charles Keating, Tremont Capital Management, Gay Film Executives, American Jewish University, Shylock, Gentiles, Business News
Michael Russnow

Why should Jews be any more surprised that one of their own is less than honorable? Are we not subject to the same failings of other humans?

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Seven Pounds Is a Damned Good Film: The Critics Are Wrong, So What Else Is New?

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gabriele Muccino, Seven Pounds, Bill Smitrovich, Rosario Dawson, Russnow, Grant Nieporte, North by Northwest, Michael Russnow, Mount Rushmore, Will Smith, Woody Harrelson, Movies, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Seven Pounds has gotten an unfair and raw deal from a lot of critics, with some exceptions. However, this writer advises that you may very well be more than satisfied.

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State Controller's Office Says Your Money is Waiting: So Why Don't You Just Get it?

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security Card, Universal Studios, Unclaimed Money, Social Security, Safe Deposit Box, Money, Russnow, Michael Russnow, Writers Guild, Controller's Office, Controller Website, Personal Finance, New York, California, Escheating, Business News
Michael Russnow

I'm always amazed that so many people bitch about not earning enough money to make ends meet when many of these same folks disregard money that is just sitting and waiting for them to collect.

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The Reader is a Surprising Film: Nazis Can Be Sympathetic, Though Not Forgiven

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Odyssey, Kate Winslet, Russnow, Der Vorleser, Summer of '42, Huckleberry Finn, Billy Elliot, Lena Olin, Stephen Daldry, The Reader, Bernhard Schlink, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, David Hare, Bruno Ganz, The Hours, David Kross, Michael Russnow, Revolutionary Road, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

On the whole David Hare has written a fascinating and engrossing script, and Director Stephen Daldry has given us a taut and emotional filmmaking achievement.

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Defiance is Not Just Another Holocaust Movie: Jews Can Be Tough Guys, Too

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Mia Wasikowska, Liev Schreiber, Russnow, Edward Zwick, Billy Elliot, The Bielski Partisans, Holocaust, Clayton Frohman, Exodus, Movies, Defiance, George MacKay, Ari Ben Canaan, Russian Partisans, Nechama Tec, Belarus, Bielski Family, Michael Russnow, Israel, Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Masada, Belarussia, Ghettos, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

It is extraordinarily moving in ways that surprise us and reassure us even as some of our favorites are slain and we wonder whether everything they're doing is all for naught.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Unusual, Sometimes Preposterous and That's What Makes it so Effective

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Jason Flemyng, Eric Roth, Brad Pitt, F Scott Fitzgerald, Cate Blanchett, World War I, Russnow, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Michael Russnow, Russia, Hurricane Katrina, David Fincher, Robin Swicord, Tilda Swinton, Taraji Henson, Movies, Julia Ormand, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Reviews, Movie Reviews, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

What unfolds is episodic and at times a bit long, but a good deal of the sequences are quite original, some very funny, most important extremely intriguing, much of which holds our attention.

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Revolutionary Road's Not So Revolutionary: But Thanks to Leo and Kate, It's Worth the Watch

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kate Winslet, Russnow, Titanic, Deborah Kerr, Body of Lies, Movies, Richard Yates, Paris, Kathy Bates, Justin Haythe, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Michael Russnow, Kathryn Hahn, Revolutionary Road, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sam Mendes, Wga, Michael Shannon, Suburbs, David Harbour, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Revolutionary Road plods ever forward to the final fade out, but it still encompasses some wonderful moments and makes us look forward to the next pairing of Leo and Kate.

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Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino: Who Knew He Could Act? Like John Wayne in True Grit, it May Lead to an Oscar

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Million Dollar Baby, Russnow, William Holden, Bee Vang, Laos, True Grit, Oscar, John Wayne, Movies, Clint Eastwood, Laurence Olivier, Nick Schenk, Ahney Her, Dave Johansson, Vietnam, Michigan, Michael Russnow, Dirty Harry, Cambodia, Korean War, Leonardo Dicaprio, Unforgiven, Hmong, Breezy, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

John Wayne found True Grit towards the end of his career and now Clint Eastwood has done the same with an unforgettable performance in Gran Torino.

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Proposition 8 Backlash: What's Wrong with Discriminating Against Those Who Want to Discriminate?

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Network, Proposition 8, Russnow, Paddy Chayefsky, Montgomery Alabama, Michael Russnow, Los Angeles Times, Boycotts, Gay Marriage, Bus Boycott, Blacklists, Media News
Michael Russnow

When hate or smugness affects one of our neighbor's quality of life and places him or her on a pedestal below, it deprives that person of the chance to be happy and fulfilled.

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Obama Promised Change -- Change from Bush and Cheney: So Why Do the Media Foment Faux Controversy?

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadcast Networks, Bill Clinton, Abc, John McCain, Russnow, George W. Bush, Webster's Dictionary, Nbc, Fox, Cbs, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Msnbc, Cnn, Election Reaction, Clinton, Michael Russnow, The Media, Fox News, Cable News Networks, Election 2008 Coverage, Media News
Michael Russnow

Change is coming no thanks to many in the media, who, perhaps looking at the gloomy economic forecasts, are more concerned at being downsized themselves.

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