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February 1, 2009 Updike Re-Redux & “The Zen of Porn”
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February 1, 2009 What Recession?: NBC Sells Out Super Bowl Ads for Record $206M
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January 31, 2009 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying now that Cheney is Gone
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January 31, 2009 R.I.P. – Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009)
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January 31, 2009 Google & the Future of Books
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January 30, 2009 The Writing Life
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January 30, 2009 Happy 90th Birthday, Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
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January 30, 2009 The Audacity of Hate
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January 29, 2009 Turtle Blues: Eating Turtles to Extinction
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January 29, 2009 Candid Camera: Video “Highlights” of the Bush 43 Presidency
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January 29, 2009 Updike Redux
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January 28, 2009 Frugal Travel: Avoiding Excessive ATM, Credit Card Fees Abroad
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January 28, 2009 DUMBO Dock Street Project – Update
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January 27, 2009 R.I.P. – John Updike (1932–2009)
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January 26, 2009 Not A Pretty Picture: The W Years in Photographs
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January 25, 2009 Happy 25th Birthday Macintosh!
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January 25, 2009 “Change We Can Believe In” Reaches the Art World
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January 25, 2009 Bongs Away! How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech
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January 24, 2009 Facebook – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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January 24, 2009 Obama’s Inaugural Address (A Great Speech on Paper! Live, Not So Much?)
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