Trapped In A Nightmare: A Sweet, Funny, Brutal Read

The best books don't just get inside a character's psyche, they get in the reader's head, as well. Author Ismet Prcic recommends Irvine Welsh's Marabou Stork Nightmares, a funny, provocative, cerebral novel that explores the meaning of violence.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/14/141353500/trapped-in-a-nightmare-a-sweet-funny-brutal-read?ft=1&f=1057

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Air Pollution: Bad For Health, But Good For Planet?

In addition to carbon dioxide, power plants also spew chemicals like nitrogen and sulfur into the air. This complicated soup actually offsets some global warming by reflecting sunlight into space and pulling carbon dioxide from the air. But the long-term effects of reducing these emissions aren't fully understood.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/11/142218650/air-pollution-bad-for-health-but-good-for-planet?ft=1&f=1007

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1 Year Later: Voters Strike Down GOP Ideas in Ohio

Kyle Leighton, TPM
Dateline 2010. People are frustrated with two plus years of economic stagnation. Washington is a fractious place that seems to be ensnared in an endless fight with a broken record of the stale talking points. Democrats had made huge strides in the 2006 and 2008 elections, holding both houses of Congress and the presidency, as well as a majority of governor’s mansions. So the voters pushed out the party in power for their inability to immediately turn around the economy and bring down the unemployment rate, giving the House back to Republicans and returning the GOP to power in the...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/11/09/1_year_later_voters_strike_down_gop_ideas_in_ohio_267055.html

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