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Marty Kaplan: Either Imus Goes, Or Gonzales Goes
Imagine if the audience's appetite for outrage extended to the dying of American democracy. Imagine if media bosses believed that we're insatiable for information about the Republican attempt to rig the '08 election by politicizing the Justice Department and prosecuting phony voter fraud. Imagine if the same kind of blanket coverage that's currently conferred on loopy astronauts, bratty rehaboholics, and, yes, outrageously slandered basketball teams, were afforded instead to the silent coup abrogating the Constitution now underway in America. Would we watch it the same Pavlovian way we watch tits, twits and tornadoes? Media executives think not.
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Dispatch from the Stop Global Warming Tour
Expecting absolute flawlessness just gives people an excuse to give up and do nothing. As the saying goes, "perfect is the enemy of good."
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Journey Down the Road
Our grand adventure to Hollywood was the first time that I did the unexpected. I had no money and could certainly be thought of as either naïve or just plain crazy. But whatever was ahead of us, I knew we would figure it out.
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Can We All Just Get Along?
Did I really have to see Paula Zahn interviewing the author of Nappily Ever After about the degree of offensiveness of the word "nappy"? Isn't there a war going on out there someplace?
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Getting the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Back on Track
The door to an alternative way forward is also still open, and the United States could seize the moral high ground by leading the world through it.
Imus' Words: Recognizing Real Racism
In America the accusation that someone is playing the "race card" is taken much more seriously than any charge of "racism" itself.
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Why Democrats Should Fund the War
By working to provide funding for the war with no strings attached, the Democrats will avoid allowing the Republicans to distract the American people from the failed policies of the Bush administration.
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WANTED: One Scapegoat for "War Czar" Position
Must have high threshold for pain/low self-esteem to act as mouthpiece/puppet for Bush war.
Must be able to take responsibility for mistakes and disasters. Must be prepared to be fired.
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Stop Global Warming College Tour
Laurie and I got up early to do CNBC. We were interviewed live, via earpiece, by a militant sceptic who's sole objective seemed to be to disprove us and the theory of global warming at every turn.
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The Imus Fallout and Lessons for Black America
The Imus fallout will be far-ranging and provides the country an opportunity to speak frankly about the responsibility of those who have such significant access to the public airwaves.
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iVillage Cares: Connecting To Do Good
About five years ago I was being interviewed for an industry business journal and the reporter asked me what was my most favorite title and position. I got rather quiet and said, quite simply, yet emphatically -- "mom."
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Imus' Slur Meme (Sleme)
Slemes, even Imus's unbearably obnoxious public comments, are not a call to arms. They're a lazy, ugly, pathetic shout out.
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Kevin Spacey Finds Booze, Love, Peace on O'Neill's Moonlit Farm
Kevin Spacey is an actor playing an actor in this Broadway revival, imported from London, and so it's not surprising that he draws on a well-packed bag of actorly tricks.
