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Palin, TEA Party, won't 'sit down, shut up'
The Swampby Mark Silva Sarah Palin, fresh from an appearance at the TEA Party Convention where she derided President Barack Obama for "the politics of personality,'' insists that the nascent political organization is just fine without a leader. "It's much bigger.....Tags: Regional Authority, Health, Labor Disputes, Activism, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Sarah Palin vs. Family Guy and Emanuel
The Swampby Mark Silva There's a certain circularity to this little spat: It revolves around a FOX universe, where a cartoon program that knows few boundaries featured the character Chris on Sunday falling for a girl with Down syndrome. When he......Tags: Politics, Bill O'Reilly , Facebook, Special Olympics, Government
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Video/Q&A: Greta Gerwig of 'Damsels in Distress'
In 2006, Greta Gerwig was living in Logan Square, making her first movie (Joe Swanberg’s “LOL”) and fighting off a heat wave. “We didn’t have air conditioning,” she recalls, “so we had to just put a bowl of ice...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Ben Stiller, Phish (music group), Schools, Colleges and Universities
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Life Out Here: A Swift kick needed
This country needs a Swift kick to the behind in 2013 — a Jonathan Swift kick to the behind. Swift, the greatest satirist ever, has been dead for more than 250 years, but he would have great fodder in the United States of America as it stands...
Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Talk Shows (genre), Weaponry
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Great songs and Broderick's charms in 'Nice Work,' but will you get it?
It most certainly is "Nice Work If You Can Get It," but the new Broadway musical starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara is otherwise tough to define. It's not really a jukebox musical, since we don't associate the songs of George and Ira Gershwin...
Tags: Ira Gershwin, Chris Sullivan, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Music Theater
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Jake, Elwood and Huggy, all singing the Euro blues
![THEATER REVIEW: "The All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers" at the Auditorium Theatre <img src="/images/star.png"/><img src="/images/star.png"/>½ <br>So at the Auditorium Theatre, there's an Australian Elwood, a British Jake and a European cover band.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-07/63055113-07080348.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "The All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers\" at the Auditorium Theatre <img src=\"/images/star.png\"/><img src=\"/images/star.png\"/>½ <br>So at the Auditorium Theatre, there's an Australian Elwood, a British Jake and a European cover band.")
So at the Auditorium Theatre – the 3,929-seat Auditorium Theatre – one currently finds an Australian Elwood Blues, a British Jake Blues and aEuropean cover band, all working, along with a trio of women called the Bluettes, for Dutch producers....Tags: Ketchup, Dancing, Health, Music Industry, Chicago Hotels
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Life Out Here: Saying what they mean, not meaning what they say
Bill O’Reilly is not a stupid man, but he often plays one on TV.
Last week O’Reilly, on his program on Faux News, dealt with the nonissue of the rapper Common doing a poetry reading at the White House. Following the designated GOP ceaseless...Tags: Jonathan Swift, Minority Groups, Valerie Plame Wilson, White House, Jake Gyllenhaal
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Life Out Here: Past the inability to apologize
Bret KoffordHaving the ability to sincerely apologize is a wonderful trait. Because I’m chatty and a joker, I do and say things I shouldn’t on a regular basis, so I have to apologize often. If I don’t feel any regret, I won’t waste my...Tags: Jonathan Swift, Tea Party Movement, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Family
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“Reality Show” brings Adam Rifkin’s dark, satirical vision to Showtime
Channel Guide MagazineReality Show may be completely fictional, but Adam Rifkin would wager that it contains more truth than an actual, um, reality show. The writer/producer/director/star (no word on whether he did the catering as well) of the eight-part Showtime series &#... -
Tim Donnelly exploring run for California governor
PolitiCalThe Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive It looks as if at least one Republican is getting ready to take on Gov. Jerry Brown. Conservative Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-Hesperia), a vehement... -
#MuslimRage met with Muslim satire
World NowThe aggressive headline advertised the cover article by author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, itself a subject of furious debate over her take on Islam, extremism and free speech. Hirsi Ali, a Somali woman who fled an arranged marriage and became a forceful critic of... -
'Kony 2012' makers launch new video aimed at African warlord
L.A. NOWInvisible Children has a new video about African warlord Joseph Kony six months after Jason Russell, one of the group's leaders, had a very public meltdown....
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