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This blog post on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was posted in April of last year Today is the 101th anniversary of the sinking In nbsp April of nbsp 1912 America had just celebrated its third year of publication Today we have reposted the editorial that appeared in our issue of

Here 39 s Kirsten Powers at USA Today wading through the incomprehensible horror show that is the Kermit Gosnell story in Philadelphia and wondering why there is quot precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page quot It 39 s easy to understand why any hu

In the excerpt below from the White House transcript of the posthumous presentation of the medal of honor to Father Emil Kapaun President Obama recounts the remarkable story of the chaplain 39 s valor before during and after his capture by Chinese forces in North Korea quot I can 39 t imagine

The Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley has mounted the west coast premiere of Matthew Lopez 39 s play quot The Whipping Man quot The play won the 2011 John Gassner new play award from the New York Outer Critics 39 Circle It played there at the Manhattan Theatre Club It is set at the end o

With elections in Venezuela scheduled for next week Mark Ungar of Brooklyn College offers an analysis of the issues at stake Since bursting on the scene with a failed coup in 1992 Hugo Ch vez has dominated and altered political and social life in Venezuela With his death in March the country n