[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LLL5dQkeD8I/VpKpYBFPbRI/AAAAAAAAFZw/wq5RKMuTdp8/s1600/heinsohn-havlicek-auerbach-nelson.jpg] Guest post by Abacus Reveals Back in the day when T...
http://www.celticslife.com/2016/01/repetitious-history-hey-is-that.html
As a child, I was a weedy little sneak and didn't get on too well with my classmates who were always calling me names and bullying me, I was glad when I left school and made f...
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=44428&p=834097#p834097
There is a disturbing thing which can occur when we’re faced with death on such a large scale as that which occurs in war or disasters. A group of individuals can be reduced...
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/1/8/human-acts-by-han-kang-translated-by-deborah-smith
Nearly 2,500 days ago, expectations ran high as the Obama presidency began. Hailed as an epochal event, the nation's first black commander in chief launched his "fundamental t...
It’s a new year—and with it comes 12 months’ worth of upcoming movies to get excited about. Rather than doing a conventional rundown of all the big potential blockbuster...
https://newrepublic.com/article/127051/anticipated-movies-2016
This is the seventeenth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series [http://bookcritics.org/blog/category/second-thoughts], curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, ...
http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/second-thoughts-matthew-c.-simpson-on-the-sun-also-rises
Now seven years into the great recession of 2008, there is no respite in sight for the American working class. Yet while much of the economy and people are afflicted by the co...
http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/34313-the-duality-of-21st-century-capitalism
Meg Ryan made her directorial debut in "Ithaca," which was shot in 2014 in Petersburg, Va. There is an amendment for $1.2 million additional funding for the Governor's Motion ...
http://insidebiz.com/news/virginia%E2%80%99s-first-100-billion-plus-budget-designed-boost-business
It is finally here. The thing politicos and newswatchers have been looking forward to with either anticipation or dread for nigh on a year: presidential primary season. All ...
http://peoplesworld.org/a-progressive-guide-to-the-primaries/
Tehran (AFP) Jan 1, 2016 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has denounced possible new US sanctions on his country which could jeopardise a hard-won nuclear deal due to be fin...
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Iran-US_tensions_flare_over_new_sanctions_threat_999.html
On January 5, 1916, the First World War was well and truly under way and the first military conscription bill in the history of the United Kingdom was introduced by then Prime...
For Cubans, January 1, 1959, marks the "triumph of the revolution." That day revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro gained state power. Today socialist Cuba seems to stand alone,...
http://peoplesworld.org/cuba-celebrates-triumph-of-its-revolution/