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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Wait: Even in politics, 2010 was the year of zombies? Sure, the hot new wonky tome "Zombie Economics" tells how "dead" economic theories walk among us to shape our paychecks, and sure, zombies lumber out of our TVs almost no matter what channel we click to, and sure, my fellow fantasy prose-slingers are flinging new novels about the undead at the dust of Stephen King and George Romero, but zombies as a metaphor for 2010's politics? Come on! What happened to vampires? Vampires are a great political metaphor! Bloodsuckers. Say no more. But zombies? Who are they in America's 2010 ...
LONDON -- When you live abroad for a long time, you tend to identify certain cultural objects that anchor you with a sense of home. They are the things that -- for better or for worse -- come to signify "America." It might be a diner that serves all-day brunch. Or the blissful simplicity of a tumble dryer. Or -- depending on your politics -- the meteoric rise of a Mama Grizzly politician or a musician for whom the public is Gaga. For me, that cultural touchstone has always been Target, the iconic superstore of highways and strip malls across America, where you can buy everything from ...
(July 21) -- Modesty and air travel are two concepts that appear to be mutually exclusive these days, thanks to an increasing level of scrutiny at the security checkpoint. Exhibit A: the controversial full-body scanner, likely coming soon to an airport near you. In the U.S., 142 are currently in operation at 41 airports, and another 309 will be in place by the end of the year, notes The New York Times. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security released the names of the next 28 airports to receive this high-tech screening tool. Airports Next-in-Line for Full-Body Scanners The * ...
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