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Joe Scarborough Loves America in Song, Makes 9/11 Skin Flick
“As art tends to require the passage of time, it could also be that Scarborough’s song is just the first in a series of more reflective cultural examinations of the last 10 years. Such works cannot...
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An Incomplete Digest Of Programs That Will Be On TV This Weekend, In...
• “20/20: Remembrance and Renewal: 10 Years after the 9/11 Attacks” (ABC) • “102 Minutes That Changed America” (History Channel) • “9/11: 10 Years Later” (CBS) • “9/11: America Remembers Ten Years...
View ArticleAre We Really Calling It "9/11 Weekend"?
“We will see today if it is positive news for Nadal as the Open plays its fourth straight Monday men’s final, but the first one that could have been avoided out of consideration for the weekend’s...
View ArticleOne Nation Under TSA
“He said there had been 50 other similar incidents across the country that day.” —That’s the most striking sentence in this account of being detained by Homeland Security on a plane on Sunday, written...
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Eighth-Graders Get Really Mean 9/11 Art Review
Viewed through the unripe eyes of Calhoun’s 13-year-olds, the collapse of the Twin Towers might have been a natural disaster. Captions tell us that the “The loss was sudden and great”; “Smoke and dust...
View ArticleThe Other Feel-Bad Movie of Christmas
Every time the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close trailer plays in the theater I have an equally incredible bad reaction. It’s like I’m on a tiny bus and I’m allergic to peanuts and everyone is eating...
View ArticlePorn Film Shot On Location A Decade Ago
“I was just in awe that we were at the Coliseum. I’ve made movies for about 20 years and I’ve done a lot of things, but that one really stands out.… I mean, who gets to have sex on the Coliseum...
View ArticleDrunk Dumb
“I get drunk a few times a week, so I guess I could have done it.” —Local man calls 911 from World Trade Center, reports planes flying into building, is the worst kind of drunk.
View ArticleDate Recollected
We’re not gonna make a huge deal out of this, but today is kind of a thing.
View ArticleOne 'Times' Reader Feels "Really Bad" That There's Not Enough 9/11 in the...
“I felt really bad when I saw all the non-coverage this morning.” —Yup. That’s an actual comment on the New York Times‘ public editor blog today. Meet the one person who felt “really bad” not having...
View ArticleShould 9/11 Be More In Your Face?
Should we hold news organizations to the account over the prominence they award to 9/11 anniversary commemorations? Who cares, it’s 9/13 aready. We don’t have to think about any of that for another year.
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Did You Accidentally Fertilize An Egg During Hurricane Sandy, Thereby...
Are you pregnant now, and in your second trimester? Then you are obviously the most selfish human in the world, and your terribleness will bring forth a child of great evil, who will shower devastation...
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Sorry, Rand Paul: The Drones Are Here To Stay
Rogue ophthalmologist Rand Paul has been a disheveled weirdo for the entirety of his political career, because the apple does not fall far from the tree of liberty, but last night he won the hearts of...
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Interviews With The Survivors
A couple of years ago, I took the train out to Long Island to interview the last person pulled alive from the wreckage of the Twin Towers. Genelle Guzman-McMillan had been in her early 30s on September...
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The Rise and Fall of the L.A. Examiner, a Blog That Was a Newspaper That...
My office was the living room closet in a huge one-bedroom in a 1920s East Hollywood apartment court, across the street from the big blue Scientology headquarters in the old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital....
View ArticleYou Know That Someone Somewhere Spent The Last Couple Weeks Working On A 9/11...
Ugh, every year the same question: “What am I going to get the kids for 9/11?” I mean, how many stuffed animal search and rescue German shepherds can you really give and still expect to be the cool...
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The Museum Of 9/11 Golf Balls, Terrorism Sweaters And World Trade Center Knives
Pinnacle Anniversary Tribute Golf Balls In most suburban homes, you wouldn’t be surprised to find an array of dusty objects—pencil sharpeners, empty milk bottles, skateboards, air fresheners and...
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One Last Ride For Paul Walker: "Fast" Fans Rally On Echo Park
I discovered news of Paul Walker’s passing the way we all discover celebrity deaths these days. My friend Rick had posted a filtered picture of a candlelit vigil with the description, “Here’s a shitty...
View ArticleJustice Served
“One gift-shop item in particular has raised hackles: a decorative ceramic platter in the shape of the U.S., with heart symbols marking the spots where the hijacked planes made impact on 9/11. As of...
View ArticleNation Completes Recovery
This seems like an inappropriate security question pic.twitter.com/JvR6ik78cT — Hayley Hudson (@hayhud) June 26, 2014 But then consider this: Should something horrible or memorable happen tomorrow,...
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