On Tuesday I wrote about Steven Crowder, the Fox News Contributor who was assaulted at a right to work rally in Michigan. Yesterday, Robert Mackey of The New York Times wrote a piece questioning whether Crowder selectively edited the video he initially posted to YouTube. Mackey quoted blogger Chris Savage, noting that "on Wednesday" questions were raised about the editing of the video (although as I discuss below, I raised the same questions on Tuesday) Savage wrote in part:
Selective[...]
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Ever since 2001, many of us have come to recognize New Zealand as “the place where Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, was filmed.” Now even more people know it as “the place where I took my vacation.”
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The old guard Catholic basketball schools of the once-proud Big East Conference finally decided to be the playas rather than continually getting played by their football brethren.
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With all the talk about the fiscal cliff, there’s little you can do about it. Sure, you can sell assets now and grab the 15% capital gain rate before it jumps to 23.8%. See Like A Jedi, Sell A Business, Real Estate Or Stock This Year. But you can’t get Congress or the President to act. What you can do is focus on your own taxes and on the most important form that will soon land in your mailbox, Form 1099.
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In the headquarters of virtually every Chinese company is the wall of fame, where photos of visiting Communist cadre stack up in ascending rank. An inspection tour from a national leader serves as a calling card for private firms and a seal of approval for state enterprises. A reshuffle at the top means that old leaders eventually get taken down a peg or two, creating space for new political bosses. They don't come any higher than Xi Jinping, the newly-promoted general secretary of the party, which[...]
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We've been asking ourselves this question. Would Mom be better off in a different community? My mother in law Alice, is now 90. She lives alone in a 2700 square foot home that she enjoys. It's in a retirement community with lots of amenities. But, you have to drive everywhere. She is a bit isolated unless she gets in the car.
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by Arthur R. Miller and Lee Igel
The NYU Sports & Society Program
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