January 2011
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Biden: Mubarak Is Not a Dictator, But People Have...
Jim Lehrer: The word — the word to describe the leadership of Mubarak and Egypt and also in Tunisia before was dictator. Should Mubarak be seen as a dictator?
Joe Biden: Look, Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things and he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interests in the region: Middle East peace efforts, the actions Egypt has taken relative to...
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“UDFj-39546284”
– The name of what astronomers say could be the oldest galaxy discovered yet.
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Pence, Gillibrand, Brown and Gingrey React to the... →
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“Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and...”
– From the full text of President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office.
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“We saw a white, Catholic, Republican federal judge murdered on his way to greet...”
– Mark Shields quotes historian Allen Ginsberg on PBS NewsHour.
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“The State Department has announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has...”
– The Onion News Network Takes On TV
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How Does Salt Battle Road Ice? →
Nearly 60 million tons of salt are applied per year for deicing purposes. Here’s how it works
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Weekly Poem: From 'Fugue'
From ‘Fugue’ by Elizabeth Alexander
1. Walking (1963) after the painting by Charles Alston
You tell me, knees are important, you kiss your elders’ knees in utmost reverence.
The knees in this painting are what send the people forward.
Once progress felt real and inevitable, as sure as the taste of licorice or lemons. The painting was made after marching in...
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Weekly Poem: 'The Winter's Wife'
Weekly Poem: ‘The Winter’s Wife’ by Jennifer Chang
It will be years before I understand
failure. The sun’s last rage
in the winter trees. My yard
is a failure of field. It is small
and poorly tended. Years before
this hard kernel of worry
rises to a truer height, I can learn
to make shade with my palms,
but I cannot learn to unmoor my want.
I want wild roots to...
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In Haiti, Writer Kwame Dawes Tells of Quake...
“Mother of Mothers.”
“When a brave woman’s out walking, she’s mistress life’s spitting image” — Michel-Ange Hyppolite.
The faces of mothers of mothers, their cheekbones gleaming against taut skins, their eyes glazed with the scarring of so much loss. In Haiti, the mothers of mothers have lamented for so long. All that is left is the sturdy presence...
“Welcome to the people’s house. Welcome to the 112th Congress.”
– Speaker of the House John Boehner’s final words after accepting gavel and speaking before the opening session of Congress. (via abcworldnews)
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