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Amazing new product!
A friend has just alerted me to a must-have product for cleaning the inside of your computer screen, where a lot of dirt accumulates but is very hard…
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Well, who would have thought that a director as cerebral as Woody Allen could have evoked such an earthy performance from Penelope Cruz? Or perhaps h…
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Paul Newman, R.I.P.
This was the only clip I could find of my favorite Paul Newman movie, "The Long Hot Summer." The chemistry with Joanne Woodward was incredi…
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Leave the bears out of it!
While McCain and Obama were sparring over the economy yesterday evening, McCain brought up the "millions" of dollars spent on "bear D…
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Country first, billionaires!
My wife writes from Paris, where they are taking all this in with alarm, and suggests this idea for the bailout: "How about sending round a peti…
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McCain clown show
Okay, let's see if I have this right. John McCain suddenly realizes the financial crisis is an emergency and announces the suspension of his camp…
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Don't duck the debate, Barack!
McCain is trying to make a sucker out of you, call his bluff. This is a cheap political stunt, the country needs this debate badly and you should say…
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Lies and lying liars update
Today's Salon features a story about the McCain campaign's alleged letter-to-the-editor ghostwriting operation, in two parts (click here an…
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A statement by Michael and Robert Meeropol about their parents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
The Rosenbergs' two sons released a statement today in the wake of recent news stories about their parents, accused "atomic spies" Jul…
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President Dick Cheney
If you did not listen to Terry Gross' "Fresh Air" interview with Barton Gellman on NPR last week, I would urge you to take the trouble…
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Afghanistan is the new Iraq which is the new Vietnam
The New York Times has been listing the names of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq for several years now, and has just recently begun including those ki…
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The Day the Momentum Changed
Just back from Pittsburgh today and lots to catch up with, so I am directing my loyal readers to today's series of posts on The Huffington Post. …
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Fire out of Africa
In this week's issue of Science , I report the latest evidence on the early use of fire: Just when our ancestors began lighting their own fires r…
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It ain't over yet
A lot of Obama supporters are breathing sighs of relief that the polls, reflecting concerns about the bungled economy, are swinging back towards Oba…
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The McCain mutiny
Admit it, with the Obama -McCain debate coming up in less than a week, aren't you secretly hoping that McCain will have a meltdown? You know, las…
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Pittsburgh pit stop
I've been pretty busy the past few days with teaching and laughing my head off over the Republican presidential candidate promising to clean up W…
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Welcome to Catalhoyuk
I've just noticed that a video shown in the visitor's center at the 9500 year old early farming site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey--the subject of …
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It's the economy, stupid, but... (how the Democrats have blown this election, and how they might be able to get it back.)
Like most Obama supporters, I have been aghast to see the national polls swing from a comfortable lead for Obama to an undeniable lead for McCain i…
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America's concentration camps
A note from Rick Pettigrew, head of The Archaeology Channel: Friends and colleagues: Historical archaeology takes on special relevance and visibil…
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Bette Davis goes postal
This particular event is for us in Boston, but the stamp will of course be launched nationwide. Speaking of the film world, I saw the Coen brothers …
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Palin punditry
Please give me a break. A number of pundits are now saying that Sarah Palin was confused by Charlie Gibson's question asking her to define the &…
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O Jerusalem!
"Enough of the Jerusalem Mantra." That's the title of a guest commentary on the Washington Post/Newsweek " PostGlobal " sit…
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Lies, lies, lies, and more lies--the media's responsibilities
As I don't need to tell many readers of this blog, the level of dishonesty of the McCain- Palin campaign has already reached heights previously …
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Killer brownies!
As regular readers know, yours truly is a former regular contributor to Bon Appetit magazine, and I still keep in touch with the old gang. Here is th…
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My book about Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkey and the origins of civilization, the paperback edition. For more information about it, please visit MY WEB SITE
- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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