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“The Republican Party is a dead rotting carcass…in a horror version of Weekend With Bernie, handcuffed to a corpse.” Republicans endorse Obama.
Nicaraguan leftists fight to reclaim the sombrero as a political symbol.
Crafting the “Dream Prius”: the secret subculture of “ecomodding.”
There are more semicolons in the New York Review of Books personals than balls in a gay bar.
Video: Honda’s Asimo robot directs the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
In China, netizens mob against immoral bloggers, humiliate them, have them arrested.
Maggie Mason’s guide to the best sporks on the internet.
Early paper-and-pen concept sketches for web apps like Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo.
Tarantino “a real happy dude” after finishing script for new “in-your-face” WWII movie.
New laws result in adults afraid to talk to children for fear of pedophilia labeling.
Supreme Court rules that the line of execution drops somewhere between treason and child rape.
Pending the verification of nuclear documents, the U.S. is set to remove N. Korea from terror list.
In his own way, Dr. No was something of a pioneer in nuclear energy. McCain calls Obama the “Dr. No” of energy policy.
M.T.A. drops free lifetime passes for board members, holds firm they did nothing illegal.
In this week’s digital ramble, Rosecrans Baldwin detects acts of culture jamming.
The entire Nuyorican Poets Cafe movement emerged from a back pocket in Patti’s black jeans. Moody on Smith.
From 2003, Matthew Baldwin explains the 10 steps to crafting a bulletproof résumé.
Kermit Love, co-creator of Big Bird, other Muppets, dies at age 91.