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Revisionism Tokyo-style
This month 75 years ago, the people of Nanking, China's ancient capital city, were in the midst of one of the worst atrocities in history, the infamous Rape of Nanking. The truth of what actually happened is at the center of a bitter dispute between China...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Japan, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), World War II (1939-1945), Criminals
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Liberals Nip at Obama as He Battles Republicans
You can already hear the rumbling in the distance -- a train of noisy liberal Democrats barreling straight for the White House. They should arrive just in time for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The president already has his hands...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Republican Party, Consumer Confidence, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Ed Asner Returns To Former American Shakespeare Theatre
Hartford CourantEd Asner surveyed the building and grounds of what used to be the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Tuesday morning. It’s turf the seven-time Emmy Award winner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant,” “...Tags: Celebrities, Old Saybrook, Long Island, Barbara Barrie, Will Geer
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Bill Murray scoffs at doubt as FDR in 'Hyde Park on Hudson'
For Bill Murray, playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the new film “Hyde Park on Hudson” meant risking some serious derision. Now 62, Murray carries with him a huge recognition factor thanks to a host of comedies: "Stripes," "Caddyshack,"...
Tags: Polio, Olivia Williams, Roger Michell, Hyde Park on Hudson (movie), Entertainment
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Pearl Harbor 71st anniversary TV programming
Channel Guide MagazineThis Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, marks the 71st anniversary of the “date which will live in infamy” — the day in 1941 when the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, bringing America into World War II and... -
Sandy Hook shows America is broken
What a perverse country we live in. We spend $2 billion on an election where people in this country actually think we are better off with a huge percentage of our population not having health care. Mental health issues are swept under the rug and...Tags: Interior Policy, Abraham Lincoln, Personal Weapon Control, Political Fundraising, Gun Control
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'Hyde Park on Hudson' review: Makes 'Lincoln' look like 'Skyfall'
*1/2 (out of four) President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) drives his fifth cousin Daisy (Laura Linney) to an isolated field. He puts her hand on his thigh and unfastens his pants. You know where this is going. Daisy must be awfully good with...
Tags: Macy Gray, Polio, Colin Firth, Roger Michell, Samuel West
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Murray is the anchor, but plot adrift in 'Hyde Park on Hudson' ★★
The music’s the best thing about the peculiar, demurely prurient “Hyde Park on Hudson,” starring Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Laura Linney as his spinster fifth cousin, Daisy Suckley. Setting the scene, and the mood,...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Samuel West, Laura Linney, Movies, Roosevelt
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Lyons: History shows ending gun violence will take time
It's a tale that borders on urban legend, an encouraging yarn that sounds too good to be true. It involves a meeting between a determined group of advocates and a president eager to please but reluctant to go all in. Sound familar? Franklin D....Tags: White House, Interior Policy, Republican Party, U.S. Navy, Racism
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McManus: The perils of political punditry
Back in 2011, at the dawn of a long presidential campaign, I established a fine baseline for my credentials as a political prognosticator: I told readers that Mitt Romney's strongest challengers for the Republican nomination would be Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
Tags: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, National Rifle Association of America, Rick Santorum, Immigration, Gun Control
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Hansen: Fires and drunk cartoonists, Laguna's colorful past
Perhaps for some romantic reason, people adore and trust buildings. We store skeletons in their closets. We honor closed doors. We never ask the walls to talk. But eventually, for history's sake, these sacred rules are broken. Every building has a...Tags: American Red Cross, Babe Ruth, Water Supply, Baseball, Sports
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Bill Murray's take on FDR in 'Hyde Park on Hudson'
TELLURIDE, Colo. — Actors are used to pressure, but the task before Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson" was more than a little stressful. Director Roger Michell said that if the "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day" veteran didn't want to star as...Tags: Celebrities, Hugh Jackman, Film Festivals, World War II (1939-1945), Samuel West
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