How Changing Visual Cues Can Affect Attitudes About Weight
With most Americans fat or fatter, you’d think we’d be lightening up on the anti-fat attitudes. Alas, no. Even doctors …
Historical, Fictional Icons Take To The Big Screen
Two icons, Abraham Lincoln and James Bond, make triumphant appearances this week in movies with more in common than you’d …
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Arcades, Nose Putty, And Lisbeth Salander’s Parents
As you may recall, last week’s storm (big hugs to those of you still dealing with that mess) left us …
Cleaning Up Rockaway, Bucket By Bucket
I’ve covered hurricanes, earthquakes, and even tsunami cleanup, but I’ve never had a disaster hit home. My fiancee’s family is …
It’s All Politics, Nov. 8, 2012
Election Day has come and gone, but NPR’s Ron Elving and Ken Rudin are still trying to make sense of …
Obama To Lay Down His Markers On Economy & Fiscal Cliff
The post-election negotiations over taxes, the economy and the so-called fiscal cliff move into a new phase this afternoon when …
Brothers’ Original Fairy Tales Offer Up A Grimm Menu
If you’ve only come across fairy tales courtesy of Walt Disney, or some other sweetened retelling, the dark culinary themes …
Author Warns ‘Second Nuclear Age’ Is Here
Since the end of the Cold War, many Americans have come to the conclusion we don’t need nuclear weapons anymore, …
Lt. Col Herbert Carter, One Of The Last Tuskegee Airmen, Dies
Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, who flew 77 missions in Europe during World War II with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, …
No Federal Charges Against Syracuse Coach
Federal prosecutors say they will not bring charges against former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, who a year …
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