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• The Year in Revolution and Riot: From Arab Spring to Occupy, 2011 Was a Year of...

  

  Anti-Mubarak protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Jan. 30, 2011. Photo credit: Floris Van Cauwelaert You probably don’t need us (or Time magazine, for that... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Year in Books: From the Booker Prize to Roald Dahl’s Hut

  

  Books: not so dusty after all? Photocredit Maguis and David http://www.flickr.com/photos/magdav/5399905776/sizes/m/in/photostream/ The world of books has this... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Year in Weirdness: From Kitler to Kim Jong-il, the Strange and the Silly...

  

  Gay penguins at a Lady Gaga show, apparently. Taken from a Jimmy Kimmel sketch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnlFHSmA8js It’s been a year of political turmoil... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Best Films of 2011: The Tree of Life, The Artist and the Hidden Gems You Missed...

  

  The Artist. Photo credit: Getty Images, Weinstein Company It’s that time of year again – when film critics rifle through their battered notebooks, boil all thos... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner Apologises to Michelle Obama for ‘large...

  

  Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. Photo credit: Republican Conference, http://www.flickr.com/photos/republicanconference/3551468909/ Sure, we all know that... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Happy Holidays, Periscope Readers – and Thank You!

  

  Happy holidays! Photo credit: Alexandre Duret-Lutz Hello and happy holidays, Periscope readers! Well, 2011 is almost over and, given the economic turmoil, the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• First-ever US X Factor Winner Crowned: Melanie Amaro Takes Home the $5 Million...

  

  Melanie Amaro. Melanie Amaro joined the ever-growing coterie of semi-famous contest-winning pop stars after scoring the $5 million recording contract on the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• House Republicans Cave to Pressure on Payroll Extension, After Boehner Agrees...

  

  Speaker John Boehner. Photo credit: TalkMediaNews, http://www.flickr.com/photos/talkradionews/5964496400/ It’s a Christmas miracle – the payroll tax extension... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• “Big Man” in Fare Dodger Video to Face Prosecution. Is He an Avenger, Or a Bully?

  

  The big man. Avenger or bully? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKKADFIEX84 The “Big Man”, 35-year-old Alan Pollock, who threw an apparent fare dodger on the 9. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Wukan, South China, Where Villagers Are Standing up to Corruption

  

  Protestors in Wukan, China. Photocredit: http://www.giantrobot.com/news/occupy-wukan-china-protest-continues/ Wukan, a fishing village on the Southeast coast... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Surefire Last Minute Christmas Presents

  

  Give your parents the gift of serenity. Tell them you’ve decided not to write that misery memoir after all. Your editor doesn’t want expensive perfume. Why not... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Worst Christmas Song Ever? ‘The Christmas Shoes’ Takes the Honours

  

  Santa Claus and this kid were listening to "The Christmas Shoes". Photo credit: McClave It’s official – well, as official as these things can get – “The... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• US Government Shutdown Averted, but the Payroll Tax Fight Continues

  

  Speaker of the House John Boehner. Photo credit: Talk Media News Last week, the US government narrowly avoided a partial shutdown when Congress approved a $1... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Christmas Tree Syndrome: Could Your Tree Be the Cause of Yuletide Health...

  

  Pure Yuletide evil. Photo credit: Takfoto, http://www.flickr.com/photos/takfoto/328345794/ Look at it over there – the Christmas tree, the symbol of Yuletide... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Kim Jong-un, the “Great Successor” to Kim Jong-il, Will Have a Hard Time...

  

  Kim Jong-il, successor. http://guyism.com/lifestyle/so-the-new-possible-leader-of-north-korea-might-be-a-gamer-dork.html Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il’s heir, known... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Bomb Blasts Rock Baghdad; Iraq in Political Turmoil

  

  A bombed out car in Baghdad. Photocredit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16297707 Bomb blasts rocked Baghdad, Iraq’s capital city, in 13 places thi... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Dear Rockin’ Santa… Best Gifts for the Music Lover This Year

  

  The Christmas countdown is on – only a few more buying days before C-Day. For those of you scrambling to find last-minute Christmas gifts, I thought I’d list... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Military Wives Choir is Heading for the Christmas Number One Spot Ahead of...

  

  Military Wives Choir: Heading for the Christmas number one A choir of military wives is marching towards the UK Christmas number one single spot, ahead of X... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• George Clooney Puts in a Star Turn in Alexander Payne’s The Descendants

  

  George Clooney: Oscar-worthy? George Clooney has been wowing critics in The Descendants, the story of a man forced to care for his difficult teenage daughters... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• UK Police Watchdog Report: Shooting Would-be Arsonists During a Riot Should Be...

  

  Riots on the streets of Tottenham. Photo credit: Nico Hogg, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/6018692165/ Police officers should consider using live... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY