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The problem with "America in Prime Time"

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The father of the modern advertising poster

A New Declaration of Independence

Anonymous takes on Mexican drug cartel

Dear "Walking Dead": Please shut up

Who should judge book awards?

"Dexter" makes it way too easy

Middle East propaganda 101

Will the right give Herman Cain the Clarence Thomas treatment now?

Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon

The Madoffs take on "60 Minutes"

Report: NYPD steers drunks to Occupy Wall Street

Occupy USA: 100 arrests nationwide

OWS' Valley Forge moment

Various "7 billionth" babies celebrated worldwide

Should we feel sorry for Ruth Madoff?

Is China's bubble bursting?

So who dropped the dime on Herman Cain?

A mainstream win for Occupy Wall Street

NYPD mum on cops allegedly hurt in OWS

What "withdrawal" means for an empire

Steve Jobs' sister pens an instant classic

The twisted history of candy

Fiction: Sympathy for the Mummy

Armed Forces, military contractors, right-wing hacks all agree: Never cut defense spending

The real price of flip-floppery