Archive for August 9th, 2008

RIP Bernie Mac

berniemac_t.jpgTricia Romano muses on her time spent watching the late Bernie Mac, and how he got her through a self-imposed social exile.

Let the games begin

The Olympics kicked off today in Beijing with a whole lotta flair.
More than a 100,000 people gathered to witness China’s “night of joy” (as the country’s official news service put it). Not everyone shared in on the fervor, though—groups gathered across the world again today to protest China’s human rights record and rule of Tibet.
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Photo: GOP on Election Day
Slideshow: Nov. 5 Newspapers
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