Letterman and Ensign: Office Sex and Blackmail Allegations
During the 1990s I worked for three years as a staff investigator in the U.S. Senate and then worked six years as a producer at a network TV magazine show. Despite what you might think from recent news stories about Sen. John Ensign or late-night comic
Ian Norrie: bookseller and author
The British book trade in the 20th century was the resort of a diverse company
of entrepreneurs: patricians, Scrooges, beady-eyed masters of the balance
sheet and flamboyant roisterers. Needless to say, the leading
representatives of these
'Founding' eyes 'Transformers' record
HONG KONG -- China's star-studded propaganda blockbuster that marks
60 years of communist rule is on track to match the country's
boxoffice record set by the Hollywood film "Transformers: Revenge
of the Fallen" in July, a senior movie executive said
Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa dies
BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, who fought
South America's dictators with her voice and became a giant of
contemporary Latin American music, died on Sunday at age 74, her
family said in a statement.
Sosa had been in intensive care
Walls of fame...
In Boston last week, four enormous Art Deco murals, ?Telephone Men and Women at Work,? were removed from the lobby of 185 Franklin St., in the city?s Financial District. The murals, by artist Dean Cornwell, date to the 1940s, and were created for the
Louis Belanger: Arms trade must be regulated - Crucial month at the UN
This is by Anna Macdonald, a colleague from Oxfam who is in New York this month pushing governments to officially launch negotiations for a potential Arms Trade Treaty. Oxfam is also publishing a report this week showing the urgency to have a treaty
Car Talk: Fictional Characters Say Goodbye to Their Saturns
The recession-era woes continue for the American automotive industry as it was announced last week that GM brand Saturn would be phased out of production over the next year. This will no doubt have a negative impact on auto-worker jobs as well as the
Paramore's new album "Brand New Eyes"
Before an initial listen to Paramore's new album, I would describe my attitude towards this band as indifferent. Sure, they have that insanely cute lead singer with orange hair and a catchy pop-punk undertone to their songs, but are they legitimate
'Twilight': Embrace dark side?
Watching Kristen Stewart be herself ? whether it?s on an MTV awards show or in the behind-the-scenes video of her Interview magazine cover shoot ? always makes me a little uncomfortable because that?s how she looks, uncomfortable. (Also, a little bit
