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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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The Best of the Bush Years:  Cultural Edition

Newsweek picks most emblematic TV, music, movies of last 8 years

Dec 14, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bush years have been their own little era, sparking artistic dissent and encouraging elaborations on new national themes. Newsweek had its top critics pick the piece from their field that seems most indicative of this decade:
  • American Idol: "Like Dubya, the show makes a virtue of its
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Bush administration • American Idol • culture • artistic expression • Jonathan Franzen • Borat • Jeff Koons • Caryl Churchill • Battlestar Galactica

'Old Farts' Invade Facebook

Journal's Matthew Rose experiences mid-life crisis in cyberspace

Nov 3, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook has matured from an e-frat house where co-eds post pics of their hedonistic exploits to a cyber-cocktail party where the well-heeled gather to display baby pictures and taunt each other like, well, school kids. “I am so telling Rupert,” a columnist teases the Journal’s Matthew... More »

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social networking • Google • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • Martha Stewart • OpenSocial • Matthew Rose • Jonathan Franzen • Gawker • Elizabeth Spiers

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