Pulitzer Prizes and Tiananmen through a 2011 snapshot
A historical snapshot notes 1917 as the first Pulitzer Prizes year and 1947 Taft-Hartley Act action. It mentions 1989 Beijing crackdown, lists notable births including Jolie and Noah Wyle, cites 2009 union wage gap, quotes Paul Newman, and gives 21 as the typical annual Pulitzer total with 14 online prizes in 2009.
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Beijing
Tiananmen Square
Robert Merrill
Dennis Weaver
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Noah Wyle
Angelina Jolie
Russell
Ine
Brand
Paul Newman
Weiner underwear flap derails credibility in Washington
Washington columnist weighs Weiner's Twitter photo scandal and his denials. The piece notes his shifting explanations, calls into question his veracity, and argues politicians should avoid social networks. It highlights claims of account hacking, private investigations, and media scrutiny.
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Washington
Anthony Weiner
Weiner
Brooklyn
Queens
BigGovernment
Twitter
Seattle
New York Daily News
Congress
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Tol Hill
NBC
Luke Russert
Rachel Maddow
CNN
Wolf Blitzer
MSNBC
Lawrence O’donnell
Jon Stewart
New York
Ohio Supreme Court backs Consumers' Counsel in AEP rate case
The court ruled the Public Utilities Commission erred by approving retroactive AEP rate increases of 63 million and 457 million in unjustified charges plus 330 million for past environmental programs. It sent two issues back for reconsideration and urged restoring full funding to the Office of Consumers' Counsel. Sandy Buchanan of Ohio Citizen Action advocates for lawmakers to fund the office fully.
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Office of Consumers’ Counsel
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Ohio Senate
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Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Toledo) Blade
the Plain Dealer
Akron Beacon Journal
Dayton Daily News
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune
Tom Suddes
Columbus Dispatch
Arab spring questions democracy in North Africa and Middle East
The piece argues Western funding post Deauville will not sow real democracy in Tunisia Egypt or Saudi Arabia. It notes OPEC income rising to about 833 billion and criticizes reliance on money for political reform. Timur Kuran is cited on needing a base for democracy to blossom.
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Deauville
France
North Africa
Middle East
Chicago
Tunisia
Egypt
Las Vegas
U.S. Department of Energy
OPEC
Energy Information Administration
United States
Saudi Arabia
Timur Kuran
The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy
Cal Thomas argues in a New York Times op ed that democracy requires civil society and checks and balances. He criticizes G-8 support for Arab states, condemns radical Islam for oppressing women and threatening peace with Israel, and likens the region to a winter without Christmas.
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Duke University
New York Times
Karan
Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood
Israel
North Africa
Middle East
Narnia
Weiner and the schnitzel of modern media culture
Kathleen Parker analyzes the Anthony Weiner scandal and the Twitter era’s fast spread of nude images and gossip. She argues the public’s appetite for scandal outpaces privacy and urges restraint and responsibility in sharing and consuming such content.
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