The life and death of a now-defunct, Moscow-based English language newspaper that upset a lot of people.
Exile and the New Russia
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The latest Vanity Fair carries an amusing and appropriately graphic account of the life and death of Exile, a now-defunct, Moscow-based English language newspaper run by American expatriates that managed to piss off a lot of people – usually, but not always, for bad reasons – in its short and mostly obscure decade-long existence. As [...]
Feminist Diversity Cop Wants More “Colored Women” in Vanity Fair
February 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue hit newsstands this week, and the full color glossy has taken a decidedly monochromatic approach to highlighting Tinseltown’s up-and-comers. Naturally, the preponderance of slender, white women gracing the Vanity Fair cover is a big deal in the feminist blogosphere.
Fair enough. The Vanity Fair cover does resemble the MSNBC lineup.
But it’s [...]
Al Gore Pens Apocalyptic Climate Change Poem – Political Hotsheet – CBS News
December 18, 2009 By 7 Comments
Al Gore penned an apocalyptic poem on climate change for his recently-released book Our Choice after his editor declined to include a chapter on what the world will look like because of global warming.The poem, which you can watch Gore read to a CNN reporter at left or read in full below, has met with [...]
