January 3, 2010

The Race To Replace Teddy: Why Isn't the GOP Candidate Campaigning on Immigration?

On January 19, Massachusetts voters will elect either Republican state Senator Scott Brown, or state Attorney General Martha Coakley to Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat.

Meryl Streep at 60

At age 60, Meryl Streep has become the most commercially consistent actress in Hollywood. Having started out largely as a screen tragedian, Streep appears to be having a blast these days making movies like Mama Mia and the Devil Wears Prada. She'll get her 16th Oscar nomination for Julie and Julia for her ridiculously entertaining Dan Ackroyd-ish impersonation of chef/giantess Julia Child.

Northbound Border Traffic

When my family and I lived in Mexico, we would usually travel to the U.S. for Christmas vacation. But now that my family and I have moved to the U.S. we have begun going to Mexico for Christmas vacation. In fact, we just got back from our trip .

A Chicago Reader Says Luis Gutierrez Is Following His Constituents' Wishes

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01/02/10 - An AZ Reader Reports That—Surprise!—Enforcement Works

From: Delos Brown (e-mail him)

"Youths" Torch Cars In France On New Year's Eve

"Youths", eh?

PARIS (Reuters) - Youths burned 1,137 cars across France overnight as New Year's Eve celebrations once again turned violent, the French Interior Ministry said on Friday.

Car burnings are regular occurrences in poor suburbs that ring France's big cities, but the arson is especially prevalent during New Year's Eve revelry.

The number of vehicles torched was only 10 short of the record 1,147 burned this time last year, even though the Interior Ministry mobilized 45,000 police during the night -- 10,000 more than 12 months ago.