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NEWS ABOUT: intellectual

intellectual stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 GOP Needs Its Brains Back 


Jul 31, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican sycophants may think Sarah Palin’s resignation was brilliant, “but don’t kid yourself,” writes Robert Eisinger in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The GOP is in trouble.” The party has lost its intellectual coherence, and if it wants it back, it’s got to look beyond... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • conservative • Rob Portman • Republican Party • John Sununu • academics • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • intellectual

OPINION

 Diplomatic  
 Obama Our 
 Own Spock 

Cool-headed 'cultural translator' appeals to Star Trek generation

May 7, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the release of Star Trek tomorrow, we’ll be seeing a lot of Spock again—but we’ve been watching his earthly counterpart all year. President Obama is our own version of the charismatic half-Vulcan, writes Jeff Greenwald for Salon. His cool head and appealing intellect tie him to... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Star Trek • Spock • cultural diplomacy • President Obama • intellectual

book review

 Sontag's 
 Early 
 Journals 
 Mesmerize 

Journals tell a touching tale of earnest self-creation

Dec 16, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The newly released diaries of a young Susan Sontag provide an invaluable glimpse of how the writer-to-be came to be, critics say. “I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person," the late Sontag writes of journaling. "I create myself."... More »

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critic • writer • journals • intellectual • Susan Sontag • self-improvement

(AP) - A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals today issued an apology on the Internet for the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey, the AP reports. The group of prominent academics, journalists, writers and artists avoided using the contentious term "genocide" in the apology, using the less explosive... More »

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Turkey • Armenia • Armenian genocide • intellectual

 Gladwell 
 on Success: 
 It's About Luck 

Journalist-guru's latest book is 'closest to his heart'

Nov 10, 08 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Journalist and pop guru Malcolm Gladwell brings other people's big ideas to the masses, and in that way, “I’m a parasite,” he says. In his new book, the author takes modesty to a new level, crediting his success—which, by the way, manifests itself in a $4... More »

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Malcolm Gladwell • author • book • intellectual • success

OPINION

 A Thinker 
 in Charge, 
 for a Change 

Obama veers from longstanding American anti-intellectualism

Nov 9, 08 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Since Adlai Stevenson, America has recoiled from intellectuals in power—but maybe Barack Obama, “an open, out-of-the-closet, practicing intellectual,” can change that, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. “Smart and educated leadership is no panacea,” Kristof notes, “but we’ve seen recently that... More »

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Barack Obama • George W. Bush • President Obama • intellectual

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