Archive for September 11th, 2008
McCain’s Straight Talk Express Needed on Torture
Subtle reveal or slip? John McCain loves Jack Bauer.
The 9/11 News Roundup
It’s the anniversary of that fateful day back in 2001. David Dunlap of the New York Times has the before and after of the NYC skyline. As of last week, construction is underway to complete a museum and memorial on the site where the Twin Towers once stood. Although the project has encountered plenty of [...]
Secret Series: A Guide to Los Angeles’s Gilded Triptych of Beaches
Deborah Stokol’s Secret Series explores Los Angeles’s most sublime beaches.
Brits Back Obama… Begrudgingly
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown backs Obama. Russell Brand (we think, but he didn’t make himself too clear on this one at the VMAs…) is also in the Obama Camp. Now a BBC poll shows that the majority of the world, given the chance, would stamp their hopes next to Obama’s name on the ballot. [...]
KCRW Breaks Down the Situation in Iraq & Afghanistan
Photograph Courtesy of Flickr
Ever wonder what it sounds like when people with opposing viewpoints on an issue of gravity have a civil, intellectual conversation about the subject, moderated by someone who actually lives up to the title?
KCRW’s “Which Way, L.A.?” has long been my favorite radio talk show. The host, Warren Olney (who also does [...]
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