George N Maroulis

It’s been a tough summer for swing-district Democrats seeking reelection in 2012 with a president at the top of the ticket whose approval ratings are in the weeds. As these members begin to focus on their reelection bids after Labor Day, they are increasingly calculating how close is too close to an unpopular President Obama. Take Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., who represents a district that nearly went for Republican George W. Bush in 2004. In a recent local TV interview, DeFazio said of Obama that the word “fight” isn’t “in his vocabulary” — and he then repeated the criticism to constituents at a town hall. Or Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., who won a Republican-friendly district in a special election last year and pointedly declined to endorse the sitting president last week.

Frank La Rue, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression who made summer headlines when he proclaimed Internet access as a basic human right, conducted his research and delivered his conclus

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In an interview with the source, Fury Road director George Miller is quoted as saying, "We are doing 3D on Fury Road -- we are shooting with real 3D cameras. Seven years ago we were going to shoot in 3D but the technology in cinemas wasn't geared for it then."\r\n

Over at Hotline, Reid Wilson has pretty informative read on the campaign strategies of congressional Democrats, who are quickly trying to create daylight between themselves and the President. It's worth reading for some smart strategic campaign analysis, but it also contains this eye-popping detail:\r\nThe advice from Democra

Truer words were never spoken.\r\nI would only add that you could thrown in just about every Republican politician as well as a number of Dems who believe that keeping the masses ignorant is the way to riches…their riches. The less you know, the sweeter life becomes for them.

Philosopher, poet, novelist, and critic Jorge Agust?n Nicol?s Ru?z de Santayana was born on December 16, 1863, in Madrid to Spanish parents and was brought to Boston at the age of 9 and educated...

Rock of Ages at the Broward Center. Decked out in their best rock-n-roll togs in tribute to the 80's bands so many of us know and still love, the crowd was in character. Boisterous. Revved up. Re