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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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GLOSSIES

Germans Can't See Forest of
US Culture for the Trees

Media machine distorts view, author finds

Jun 30, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - German college students aren't impressed with American culture—they're not even sure it exists, author Chuck Klosterman finds at the outset of a teaching stint in Leipzig. "The proliferation of media has made it virtually impossible to tell the difference between a) what information is unilaterally interesting," Klosterman... More »

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Germany • Germans • pop culture • columnists • Esquire • opinion • Chuck Klosterman • University of Leipzig

 8 Meds Docs Won't Take 

If trained professionals won't use them, why would you?

Jun 23, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some drugs have such serious drawbacks that even doctors won’t take them, Men’s Health reports. The big eight:
  • Advair: Can actually increase the severity of asthma attacks
  • Avandia: Diabetes drug carries risk of heart attack
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drugs • Avandia • prescription drugs • doctor • medical treatment • methamphetamine • over-the-counter drugs • opinion • Visine • Advair • pseudoephedrine • Celebrex • Ketek • Prilosec • Nexium

comment

 Unseemly Word Loses Its Sting 

'Near-dirty' term deserves a trip to the showers

Jun 21, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The word douchebag is in danger of losing its bite thanks to rampant overuse, writes Richard Dorment in Esquire. It's not that the "toxic mess of a man" population has increased, he observes. It may seem that way, what with reality TV and cable punditry promoting unsavory characters. But... More »

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profanity • obscenity • language • swearing • insult • opinion

ANALYSIS

 Cramer:
 Never Seen
 Wall Street
 This Bad 

Analyst sees no end in sight for layoffs and write-downs

Jun 16, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - While he steers clear of the Great Depression, everything else is fair game as reference in James J. Cramer’s apocalyptic appraisal of Wall Street for New York. In Cramer's 25 years, he's seen lots of implosions, but this one is different: With thousands of layoffs at major shops,... More »

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Wall Street • Morgan Stanley • Bear Stearns • finance • Lehman Brothers • subprime crisis • JPMorgan Chase • opinion • financial crisis

Opinion

Expect GOP
to Turn Venom on Michelle

Dowd: Right will paint would-be first lady as angry black woman

Jun 11, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Hillary Clinton is out of the White House picture, it’s Michelle Obama’s turn to be the object of that “sulfurous national game of ‘Kill the witch,’” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. The fairer Obama can be more prickly... More »

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Michelle Obama • race relations • smear campaign • opinion

 Court Readies
 Term's Testiest Decisions 

Justices will hand down 26 of the most contentious opinions beginning today

Jun 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court is poised to begin unveiling decisions today in some of the year's most heated cases, reports USA Today. As the term winds down, the 26 final opinions will be released on select days in June, and include clashes over Guantanamo detainees, DC's handgun ban, and the 1989... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • opinion • David Souter

Opinion

Which Party
Has Better Primaries?

NYT columnists
debate merits of GOP, Democratic systems

May 30, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Which system is better, the ruthless Republican winner-takes-all primary system, or the Democrats’ kindergarten-inspired everyone-gets-a-prize process? New York Times columnists David Brook and Gail Collins banter on just that point. Brooks thinks the Republicans' swift, clean process is superior, while Collins notes that it’s the results that matter.... More »

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presidential primaries • Republican Party • Obama 2008 • Democratic Party • McCain 2008 • opinion

OPINION

Save the Spurmo: Straight, Single Men Face Extinction

Marriage threatens herds of single men

May 28, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are you a straight, proud, unmarried man over 30? Then you're part of a dying breed, writes Tad Safran in the Times UK. Dubbed "Spurmos," these endangered bachelors drink in increasing isolation as friends succumb to marriage, wine racks and child-rearing. Having roamed in great herds in... More »

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marriage • culture • drinking • lifestyle • middle age • bachelors • opinion

Opinion

Hillary's Killer RFK Quote Stuns Pundits

She shouldn't 'be elected dog catcher,' one gripes

May 24, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary’s RFK gaffe certainly has people talking—and most aren’t being too kind.
  • Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News calls it “an X-ray of a very dark soul” that considers murder just another strategic possibility. Hillary has shot her chance at being vice
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • apology • Democratic nomination • Robert F. Kennedy • opinion

OPINION

Who's Afraid
of Google Health?

Concerns over personal privacy "misguided"

May 23, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google's new health record-sharing service has privacy advocates' hearts racing. But the benefits outweigh the risks, both in costs and potential lives saved, James Gibney argues in the Atlantic. Ready access to personal health records could prevent medical errors like incorrectly prescribed meds while saving billions in related  costs. More »

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health care • Google • online privacy • information technology • Google Health • health records • opinion

OPINION

Reporters
Can't Let
Trauma
Stop Them

Tough stories are
worth it in the end

May 17, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - One North Carolina reporter is still haunted by the horror of rapes and murders she witnessed every day. But her empathy also made her a better reporter, and that’s worth it, Melissa Manware writes in Quill. When readers, particularly former victims, responded to stories, it made “the... More »

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newspaper • crime • murder • rape • reporter • reporting • trauma • opinion

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