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JamesMarcus

James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also written about jazz, pop, and classical music for Salon, The Oregonian, and WBUR Online Arts, and is currently editor-at-large at The Columbia Journalism Review. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.

Website: http://www.housemirth.blogspot.com/

Member Since: December 11, 2006

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Small suburb fights too-low pants

News – The Chicago suburb of Lynwood is one the latest communities around the nation to address the gaping problem of exposed underwear. Village leaders passed an ordinance last week stating that people caught exposing 3 inches or more of their underwear will be fined $25.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 09:14am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 24 votes / No sinks

On the Farm, A Back-End Solution to an Energy Crisis

News – In the search for a way to deal with the vast quantity of manure his big herd generates and to do something useful with it, Mr. Stanton, a third-generation dairy farmer, had a quirky idea: why not try to turn the dung into a valuable commodity, like electricity?

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Voted for on July 21, 2008 09:10am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / No sinks

Billy Joel and Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium

Music – Performing the last show ever at Shea prior to the stadium's demolition, Billy Joel brings out village elder Paul McCartney for a rocking finale. Fun! (Yes, Sir Paul plays his trusty Hofner.)

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Submitted and Voted for on July 20, 2008 12:41pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 203 votes / 2 sinks

Propeller Week In Review: July 18, 2008

News – Petroleum was very much on the mind of the Propeller community this week. But so was Karl Rove, gay rights, and a certain, extremely charming jackass.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 04:39pm Commented on 14 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

This story has mostly positive ratings. 91 votes / 1 sink

Alaskans suffer nation's highest gasoline prices

Money – Think you're feeling pain at the gas pump? Consider the residents of Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated Denaina Athabascan Indian community where gasoline prices have hit $8.55 a gallon.

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Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 143 votes / 3 sinks

Obama's donor haul puts pressure on Republicans

Politics – AUSTIN, Texas | Sen. Barack Obama raised $52 million in June and had $72 million banked for the presidential campaign, showcasing a massive donor network that the Democratic candidate can continue to tap until the Nov. 4 election.

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Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

CJR: Don't Bean Count Me

News – I'd love for every single reporter, from the tiny three-reporter office in a small town in Ohio to the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, to lay down their pens and notebooks, turn off their computers and recorders, and strike. Stand up, walk out, and show that we are a force. And we're p*ssed.

View Story Discuss (1) (cjr.org) 5 days ago by JamesMarcus

Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:02pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 142 votes / 8 sinks

Nazi Jews: A Historical Paradox

Books – Would it surprise anyone to learn that there were upwards of 150, 000 soldiers of partial Jewish descent serving in the Nazi army during World War II?

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Voted for on July 18, 2008 09:19am

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Calif. condors pass test by fire

News – As wildfire whipped toward a remote sanctuary of the endangered California condor last month, the rare birds got their biggest test in survival after years of pampering by biologists: They had to live completely on their own.

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Voted for on July 17, 2008 11:01pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

8-Foot Python Found In Gorham Woman's Washing Machine

News – A Gorham woman got the shock of her life when she found an 8-foot snake mixed in with clothes in her washing machine. The reticulated python somehow got into Mara Ranger's 1800s-era farmhouse and made its way into the machine.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 10:20pm

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Loving John McCain

News – The deep-seated media denial of McCain's extremist policies and addiction to political expediency mask the fact that his victory in November would result in a continuation--and even, in some instances, an expansion--of the very policies that have brought the nation to the brink of irreversible disaster.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 05:57pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 182 votes / 31 sinks

John McCain, POW: A First-Person Account

Politics – Here, in his own words, based on almost total recall, is Commander McCain's narrative of 5 1/2 years in the hands of the North Vietnamese.

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Voted for on July 17, 2008 05:34pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Freed Lebanese prisoners vow to fight Israel

News – Five militants freed in a prisoner swap with Israel prayed and laid wreaths at the grave of a slain Hezbollah commander Thursday, vowing to fight Israel as supporters showered them with rice.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 05:11pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

CJR: Pyrrhic Victory

News – Just a few months ago, in April of this year, the Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Hamdan appeared before the Navy captain acting as his military judge, and announced that he would boycott the war-crimes trial the Bush administration had planned for him.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:25pm