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Fading Linesnew
In Europe, the Muhammad-caricature row comes down to hate vs. free speech.
L.A. Weekly |
Mehammed Mack |
02-16-2006 |
Commentary
What Bush Could Learn From West Wingnew

George W. Bush has reportedly switched from watching baseball to reruns of West Wing. Too bad he's not watching this season's episodes in which President Bartlet's top staffers are suspected of leaking a national-security secret to a New York Times reporter.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
11-04-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Plamegate, United States president
Reading Tennis Queen Serena Williams' Fashion Statementnew
The rap-pop princess outfit Serena Williams wore at the U.S. Open reflects a look-at-me aesthetic has a long-standing tradition and deeper purpose for black people. A history of political marginalization and near social invisibility has constantly challenged us to make ourselves seen literally.
L.A. Weekly |
Erin Aubry Kaplan |
09-20-2004 |
Fashion
Clinton and Kerry in Intensive Carenew
I can imagine Clinton warning Kerry that he better get his act together real soon, that he ought to find a message and stay on it, and that he ought to hit back hard at Bush, lest he get used to the idea of spending the next four years playing tiddlywinks with the last guy who didn’t heed his campaign counsel — that goofy Al Gore.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
09-09-2004 |
Comedy