Just to shortly add to Hollis’s post….
I have read a little bit about Benazir Bhutto, but the main thing I remember reading was about her relationship with Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. I read how they hated one another and had completely different views. I know that she risked her life every single day to be […]

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So I just turned on my tv, and it went straight to MTV where I saw that Sen. John Edwards was on it. He is doing a live myspace telecast, it’s set up kind of like TRL in that he is surrounded by young people, but it’s political and PROGRESSIVE! There is a good sized […]

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A Nation fellow went to the College Republicans National Conference to make a video of the crazy things that the College Republicans say and do.

Generation Chickenhawk: The Unauthorized College Republican Convention Tour from huffpost and Vimeo.
As a journalist, this worries me a bit, because I think he sort of tricked his sources into […]

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Howard Zinn really changed my life. In the summer before the eleventh grade, my AP US History teacher required that students read Howard Zinn’s book, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Reading this book, I knew that I would always have to dedicate a part of me and my life to […]

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Insane…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ealbinoblacksheep%2Ecom%2Fvideo%2Fshifthappens

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La Vie En Rose the new movie about chanteuse Edith Piaf’s (aka “The Little Sparrow) amazing life is playing in NYC! I’m dying to see it. I’m a big Edith Piaf fan. Je ne regrette rien is one of my top ten favorite songs and those words have inspired me to do what i really […]

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“>I kind of feel like I HAVE to write about this….
I was reading my monthly subscribtion from PASTE, the music/culture magazine. (By the way, everyone should order it, it’s brilliant!) While, my brother pointed out an article about this band I had […]

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Every so often, I like to go into my mom’s room and grab a few magazines, find something to
read. Well, today I found TIME magazine’s issue of “The Most Influential People In The World, the TIME 100.” While flipping through it, I came across an unbelievable, seriously unbelievable story about a Canadian Technology Consultant, named […]

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I love Arianna Huffington. She ran against Arnold Schwarzenegger for California governor in 2003 (but unfortunately lost), and founded the Huffington Post, a liberal blog (that reads more like a newspaper) with news and opinions on politics and culture. I’ve always admired her, and today, she reminded me why I so do. […]

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