National
Depp fills big screen, yet plot shrinks it
July 10, 2009A film expert once told me that historic “period” movies are more about current events and context than they are about that historic time or character. So I was particularly excited to see “Public Enemies.” What...
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Summer reading
July 10, 2009This eclectic list of summer reading faves from People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo readers and supporters was collected via e-mail and Facebook. Have other ideas? E-mail us ator contact us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/peoplesworld. “Can Capitalism Last? A...
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RI war vet, 93, honored with Spanish citizenship
July 10, 2009In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Franciso Franco's fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War. Now, at age 93, he's being honored with Spanish...
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Doctor walks 700 miles for health care reform
July 10, 2009In an effort to expose the failures of the current health care system, Dr. Ogan Gurel, 45, is trekking nearly 700 miles on foot from Chicago to Washington D.C. in order to bring to the attention...
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McNamara and wars lessons which way do we go now?
July 10, 2009On July 6, Neil deGrasse Tyson, head of the Hayden Planetarium, Twittered, “Wondering how many who watched fireworks on July 4 did so because it's fun, forgetting that it commemorates exploding bombs during warfare.” That same...
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