The author of Catcher in the Rye was described by the New York Times as “the Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous.” Having produced a handful of influential works in the middle of the past century, Salinger retreated to rural New Hampshire, where he lived in seclusion for the rest of his days.The big question: Are there several unpublished novels on the Salinger compound that may soon be published?
Zinn, the author and college professor, died last Wednesday; he was age 87. From a modest printing of 5,000 in 1980, Zinn’s People’s History of the United States went on to sell millions.
“There is no such thing as impartial history,” Zinn once said. “The chief problem in historical honesty isn’t outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data.”
What may sound like jargon to the layman is vital to defense contractors, particularly ones at the Anniston Army Depot, according to Carey.
For the record, insourcing is the opposite of outsourcing, the process of bidding out ancillary military functions to private contractors. It appears the Obama administration is pulling back from the outsourcing boom of the Bush administration.
“There is a fundamental public trust that we must uphold,” President Barack Obama said last May. “The American people’s money must be spent to advance their priorities — not to line the pockets of contractors.”
The 10-inch tablet is somewhere between a mobile phone and a laptop, inspiring one newsroom wag to wonder if pants-makers will soon start making britches with 10-inch pockets.
The real question after the rush of jokes about its name dies down is: Will it find the same success Apple has had with the iPod and the iPhone?
Don’t ask me. iDon’t know.
Careful, contemplating Matthews’ bizarre remark can lead to something potentially hazardous — wondering what else the host is thinking while conducting an inner monologue.
“With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections,” the president said. “I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.”
Legal minds differ on who’s right. That extends to Alito’s colleague on the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens, whose dissent in the Citizens United case said the decision “would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans.”
In the ACORN videos, James O’Keefe posed as a pimp trying to set up brothels for underage prostitutes; the tapes showed several clueless ACORN staffers actually offering advice.
He is one of four men the FBI arrested last Monday in New Orleans on charges they posed as telephone company workers while attempting to “interfere with a telephone system” of Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.
In his written defense, O’Keefe describes himself as an “investigative journalist.”
Cue Justice Alito.
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