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The Comment of the Week
Dining@LargeI know it's bad of me, but I still laugh every time I reread this comment, which was in response to a very odd comment under the Richard Pirone entry. And anything that can make me laugh out loud......Tags: Jeff Smith
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Dan Brown conspiracy? 'The Da Vinci Code' ebooks -- free!
Doubleday has announced that it will be giving away free e-books of Dan Brown's international bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" this week. The free digital download is offered in celebration of the novel's 10th anniversary (to readers only in the U.S. and...
Tags: Angels & Demons (movie), Barack Obama, The Da Vinci Code (movie), Dan Brown , Lincoln Center
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Sic semper tyrannis
Paul GreenbergWhat? Do even Latin American caudillos die? Apparently, according to the latest and last medical bulletin on the health (or lack thereof) of Hugo Chavez, perpetually re-electable president of Venezuela. No doubt many Venezuelans are grieving at the...Tags: Argentina, Jimmy Carter, Venezuela, Evita (musical), Elections
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Scandal, speculation surround past popes who resigned
This post has been updated, as indicated below. The decision by Pope Benedict XVI to resign is a reminder of some colorful and controversial moments in Roman Catholic Church history. The last pope to resign was Gregory XII, who gave up the papacy...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, The Pope, Christianity
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Keeping a journal can change your life
I’ve kept a journal since 1961. That’s when I first met Amia Davia. She was beautiful! I felt like Dante Alighieri, walking the streets of Florence in the 13th century and meeting Beatrice Portinari. That same evening, he wrote one of the...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Newspaper and Magazine
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After 'hope and change,' what next?
Leonard PittsCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy," the narrator is conveyed to the gates of hell, upon which he finds a sign: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." This city is not hell. But a case can be made, as the Democratic Party convenes...Tags: Mitt Romney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Clint Eastwood
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After 'hope and change,' what next?
Miami Herald ColumnistIn Dante Alighieri’s "Divine Comedy," the narrator is conveyed to the gates of hell, upon which he finds a sign: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." This city is not hell. But a case can be made, as the Democratic Party convenes here to...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Weekly books roundup
Orlando Arts BlogTod Caviness here, working from home with more gauze in my mouth than teeth. I'm pretty sure if dentistry had been around in Dante Alighieri's day, he'd have had the dentists in the Inferno somewhere – working as subcontracted torturers. - Big... -
The Last-Minute 'Rapture' Reading List
Jacket Copy11 books to take you through the endtimes - and beyond.... -
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Tags: Francis Bacon, Keith Haring, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auguste Rodin
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'Dante's Inferno' and the rings of pop culture
The Hero ComplexFor the last decade, Hollywood has been mining comic books and fantasy novels for its blockbuster source material, with Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Batman and Gandalf leading the vivid parade. Looking ahead, though, the next generation of box-office...
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