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Realism Defined
That which deals with the facts, with things as they are, not with idealistic notions of what they might or should be. Practical rather than visionary or imaginative. In politics, realism is similar to realpolitik in meaning.
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Fifty years later, still timely
Published July 4, 2009, 10:29 pm, Concord Monitor
I recently discovered two engrossing films about the media made during the 1950s. Both Ace in the Hole and A Face in the Crowd tell stories of individuals manipulating media manipulation. These parables are, perhaps, more relevant today than when they were released.
City Paper Blogs
Published July 4, 2009, 12:11 pm, Washington City Paper
As much local politics as humanly possible—in one e-mail delivered every weekday.
Magnacarta 2 Xbox 360 Screenshots
Published July 4, 2009, 8:11 am, GameInfoWire
10 Xbox 360 Screenshots posted, from Bandai
It's witchcraft! Harry Potter pushing same-sex marriage
Published July 3, 2009, 7:14 pm, WorldNet Daily
Got questions about life, death, politics or religion? How about one on the topic of "gay" marriage? It's time for WWDD.
Message of Chargé d"™affaires, a.i. marking the 233 rd Independence Day of the United States of America
Published July 3, 2009, 12:39 pm, Daily News
Today marks the 233 rd anniversary celebrating the signing of America’s Declaration of Independence. America’s Founding Fathers knew that achieving independence would require winning a difficult war that risked bringing ruin on their fortunes, friends, and families if they did not succeed.
Karl Malden
Published July 2, 2009, 7:45 am, u.tv
For more than six decades Karl Malden, who has died at the age of 97, brought his Method-trained acting talents to bear on powerhouse performances on screen, notably for Elia Kazan in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), for which he won an Oscar, and On The Waterfront (1954), as well as his mature cop in the long-running TV series The Streets of San Franscisco in the 1970s.
Mama said knock you out
Published July 2, 2009, 3:25 am, The New Statesman
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister – and a rap record was a hit for the first time. Mark Fisher reflects on how for three decades hip-hop has provided the perfect soundtrack to the brutality of the neoliberal world-view
Maya does as Mao did
Published July 1, 2009, 2:24 pm, Express India
How do we respond to the announcement that Mayawati, CM of India's most populous state UP, will shortly inaugurate 40 public statues, including 6 of her own? Megalomania does not respect distinctions among different regime types.
Good deal of compromise all round
Published July 1, 2009, 10:10 am, Otago Daily Times
The New Zealand Herald political correspondent John Armstrong considers the political implications of the report and says a line in the sand has been crossed. read more
Inside Politics
Published July 1, 2009, 1:59 am, The Washington Times
GET REAL "For a president who came into office literally selling the Audacity of Hope - not just for Americans but for all mankind - his Iran policy can so far be summed up as the timidity of 'realism.' That's realism as a theory of international relations that prescribes a foreign policy based on ostensibly rational calculations of the national interest and assumes that other nations act in ...
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- Jokes With Realistic Endings
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- The Believer - Rejoice! Believe! Be Strong and Read Hard!: THIS SEEMS GOOD
- Suspension of disbelief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- The Revenge of Geography: May/June 2009 | Foreign Policy | By Robert D. Kaplan. A long time realist, Kaplan argues for geography as the primary ingredient for understanding geopolitics.
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- Sports Painting, Illustrations, and Design - Brian Fox Studios
- Philosophy of Mathematics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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