Bill Clinton’s $165 million presidential library — with 80 million pages of presidential records, 79,000 museum objects and almost two million photographs, more material than any president thus far — opens today in Little Rock and a host of notables including the former president, Sen. Clinton, President Bush, and former …

With their latest album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb heading the charts and a leading contender for album of the year, their election into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tops off an amazing year. We have been following them closely New and reviews gathered here: How To …

Time flies and all of that: American Idol auditions are over and version 4 returns to Fox in January, a mere hop, skip and calendarial jump away. But there is a flurry of activity going on right now with various Idol personages as the machine begins to crank itself up …

The 2004 presidential election is has come and gone. The nation is deeply and starkly divided on the road ahead on any number of issues. We will continue our running compilation of our election-aftermath posts – watch it unfold here and come back often for updates: Chief justice is plum …

A night, long ago, among the strip clubs of Covington, Kentucky

Oliver Stone’s epic Alexander finally opens next week. We just did a big hoohaw preview a few days ago, focusing on Pete Green’s survey of recent Alexandrian literature, and in particular Alexander’s evolving image. Archaeology magazine has just put up an Alexander resource on the web. Included in the section …

(BBC – click pic for photo legend) The 20th anniversary version of “Do they Know It’s Christmas” was recorded yesterday and will be credited to “Band Aid 20.” BBC News entertainment reporter Ian Youngs was inside Air Studios in London for the recording and blogged it here (posts in reverse …

Fear not the great cultural/political clampdown, for it isn't coming.

It takes a bizarre and powerful act of will to not see the Theo Van Gogh murder for what it was: an explicit threat to those who would question any aspect of Islam from anywhere on earth, including the heart of Europe. Even extra-religious aspects such as social norms and …

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