It's amazing to go back and read what people were saying about Timothy Geithner in the spring. Many people said he looked terrified as the Treasury secretary, like Bambi in the headlights. The New Republic ran an essay called “The Geithner Disaster.” Portfolio magazine ran a brutal, zeitgeist-capturing profile that concluded by comparing Geithner to Robert Redford's hollow-man character...
"olsen twins" - Google News Exeter news briefs Seacoastonline.com ... interviews with a wide range of celebrities — Michael J. Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Robert Redford, the Olsen Twins , and Exeter's own Dan Brown among them. ... Read full article at "olsen twins" - Google News
It was such a simpler time, that summer of 2001. Remember it? That last season of America’s (cyclical) innocence shimmers in the memory, sorta like those gauzy images of lovebirds Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby – images so blurry they make you wonder if you need to adjust the focus on [...]
Bob Dylan sang about how there’s no success like failure, but in the films of Michael Ritchie, the opposite is often true. Elected to the Senate after a brutal, compromise-filled campaign in The Candidate , Robert Redford turns to his closest advisor and asks, “What do we do now?” He’s lost sight of the sure moral ground on which he once stood, and the trip across the finish...
In Senate, coal fuels climate deals - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com “There are folks who would say, ‘Well, let’s just shut down coal-powered plants.’ That is not going to happen,” said Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a liberal Democrat who supports stronger environmental and accountability standards for coal plants. “You are not going to have 60 votes in the Senate to shut...
Highly Recommended Michael Ritchie's debut feature, Downhill Racer (1969), is a quietly thrilling, beautifully-shot film about a particularly American theme. What does it mean to be a champion? Is it a worthy goal in and of itself? These questions are posed in a far more elegant fashion by the film itself, but what's interesting about them is the fact that they are in a "sports film" at...
In spite of the tsunami evidence that the Great Global Warming Swindle is both laughably wrong and criminally irresponsible, this polemic will air tonight to a nationwide audience on a network renown for its lefty credentials.
Casting Tidbits roll out! First up, THR reports character actor Stephen Root has joined the casts of two vastly different forthcoming projects. In the Migeul Arteta directed comedy Cedar Rapids, Root will play the proud owner of an insurance company alongside Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Anne Heche. On the other end of the spectrum, Robert Redford's historical drama, The Conspirator will see Root stepping...
Some folks have streets or schools named after them, others leave a legacy behind in desserts. Cakespy, aka Jessie Oleson, put together this impressive list of inspired sweets—everything from Cherry Garcia ice cream to graham crackers to Robert Redford cake....
Stephen Root, the actor best known for his turns in Mike Judge's "Office Space" and the cult NBC comedy "NewsRadio," has signed on for the Ed Helms comedy "Cedar Rapids" and Robert Redford's next project, "The Conspirator."
Wisconsin: Analyzing the Unanalyzable | GlobalWarming.org It concludes that if all the policy recommendations are enacted, that: * Wisconsin will lose 43,000 private sector jobs over 11 years. * Wisconsin will add 12,000 government jobs. * Motor fuel costs will increase $3.2 billion over 11 years. * Electricity bills increase $16.2 billion by 2025. * Every state resident will lose $1,012 a year in...
by Grist Amanda LittleLongtime Grist reporter Amanda Little has written a book , and we’re throwing a party to celebrate! OK, we’re really crashing a perfectly respectable reading and then co-hosting a reception afterwards. Please join us to hear Amanda read about her adventures through America’s energy landscape, then stay to chat with her and other Grist staff members. What: A reading...
Your favorite source for news off the AP wire and Robert Redford columns has deigned to launch a sports section, and it will surely revolutionize sports journalism just as soon as Mike Lupica is done...
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When insult had a class... : " These insults are from an era before the English language boiled down to 4-letter words. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway). 'Poor Faulkner. Does he really...
A Council on American-Islamic Relations adviser and regular speaker at its events has suggested Islamic law permits Muslims to attack C-130 military transport planes carrying the 82nd Airborne out of Fort Bragg , N.C., according to a stunning new book exposing Washington-based CAIR's inner workings... "Islam doesn't permit us to hijack airplanes filled with civilian people," Shakir once told...
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