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Painted Portraits: The YouTube of the Fifteenth Century
German media tycoon and art historian Hubert Burda has a fascinating essay titled “How People See Themselves,” about the history of portraiture and what…
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Meet the 110th Congress: Everything Old Is New Again
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A Sequel We Could Have Done Without: The Return of the Dingell
OpenMarket’s consulting physician, Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution, has some strong words (and unfortunate predictions) about what we can expect from…
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Keeping an Eye on the CBS Legal Department
CBS is appealing new FCC indecency regulations (and fines) in court, arguing that the new rules run afoul of the First Amendment. Which, of…
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The Real Inconvenient Truth: “either one sided, misleading, exaggerated, speculative, or wrong”
In what is hopefully not a larger trend of turning PowerPoint presentations into cinematic features, Al Gore’s shockumentary An Inconvenient Truth hits DVD shelves today.
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NOAA’s Ark: A Report That Includes Two of Every Conclusion
There’s a new study on the Arctic and global warming released by NOAA, and the results are, well, mixed. The Los Angeles Times reports:…