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Vladimir Putin

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Kelly Clarkson's "Mr. Know It All": Why This Song Sucks

    [Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Kelly Clarkson's "Mr. Know It All" History: "Mr. Know It All" is the first single from Clarkson's fifth* album, Stronger. *Since this is the "History" t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Russian Burger King Commercial Of The Day

    ​ In what might be another sign that Vladimir Putin is losing control of his country -- or at least its burger marketing departments -- comes a sensationally 'hip' commercial from Burger King. If Russian burger lovers were all hip-hop enthusiasts, then Burger King knows they would spin giant h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Are Leg-less Chickens the Future?

    Tiggywinkle/FlickrSome day, these may be like dinosaurs​ Due to their prominence in café sandwiches and the pages of health, food, and lifestyle magazines, we've long figured Americans ate more chicken breasts than legs, thighs, and those ragged, slithery bit parts one has to vigorously disen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Roll Over Eddie Vedder and Give Scott Stapp the News: Real-deal Tuvan Throat-Singers at Zanzibar!

    Meet the Tuvan Beatles!​If you thought Eddie Vedder invented throat-singing--well, think again. Traditional throat singers Huun Huur Tu "come from the former Soviet Autonomous Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region of grasslands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges" situated north of Mong ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Election '08: Governor Gidget -- Sorry, Sarah Palin -- Speaks . . . Once I Was Blind

    BY MARC COOPER Governor Gidget appeared on screen melting my heart and conquering my soul. That was after The Mayor of America softened me up. Once I was blind. But now I can see. I agree with every one of their points. Black is white. Up is Down. Slavery is Freedom. Arbeit Macht Frei. We ar ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 14, 2008

    Retired Russian Army Colonel Criticizes U.S. Actions in Iraq Even as Tanks Roll in Georgia

    Yuri Yuryevich, also a former journalist, says idea of Russian censorship was concocted by the West — investigative journalism no problem as long as president isn't criticized

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2008

    Letter From Moscow: Back in the USSR

    You can't rely on the official media to learn much of what's going on in Russia. The government owns all Russian TV stations, on which never is heard a discouraging word. Jon Stewart-style political satire has disappeared from the airwaves. Those pundits who dared to challenge government policy have ... More >>

  • LA Life

    March 20, 2008

    Sensuous Woman, Mean Men, Dancing Swans

    You can't rely on the official media to learn much of what's going on in Russia. The government owns all Russian TV stations, on which never is heard a discouraging word. Jon Stewart-style political satire has disappeared from the airwaves. Those pundits who dared to challenge government policy have ... More >>

  • Stage

    July 5, 2007

    Small Things Considered

    You can't rely on the official media to learn much of what's going on in Russia. The government owns all Russian TV stations, on which never is heard a discouraging word. Jon Stewart-style political satire has disappeared from the airwaves. Those pundits who dared to challenge government policy have ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 4, 2007

    New Year in Moscow

    You can't rely on the official media to learn much of what's going on in Russia. The government owns all Russian TV stations, on which never is heard a discouraging word. Jon Stewart-style political satire has disappeared from the airwaves. Those pundits who dared to challenge government policy have ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 10, 2006

    Mort Sahl Saves the World

    You can't rely on the official media to learn much of what's going on in Russia. The government owns all Russian TV stations, on which never is heard a discouraging word. Jon Stewart-style political satire has disappeared from the airwaves. Those pundits who dared to challenge government policy have ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 30, 2006

    Film Reviews

    For the week of March 31-April 6

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Rocket From Russia

    Time-traveling with an American in Moscow

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Our Russia, Ourselves

    Sleeping with the enemy . . . then scolding her

  • Columns

    February 24, 2005

    Grilled Cheese Salvation

    Sleeping with the enemy . . . then scolding her

  • Columns

    December 2, 2004

    Viktor vs. Viktor, Live From Independence Square

    Democracy’s Heroes

  • Columns

    September 9, 2004

    The Day of the Jackals

    Mythmaking at the Republican Convention and getting punk’d on Kudlow and Cramer

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    Spain Flips Off W.

    Rejection of the politics of lies starts abroad

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Russian Roulette

    On election eve, should Putin’s power be feared?

  • Film+TV

    April 3, 2003

    The Ultimate Reality Show

    Scenes from the first days of war coverage

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    The Truth About Powell

    The sins and omissions committed before the United Nations

  • Columns

    November 28, 2002

    EXTREMES: Punch-Drunk Lugs

    The sins and omissions committed before the United Nations

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    A Year Later

    Only fear and loathing remain

  • Art+Books

    July 11, 2002

    Bolshie Ballet

    Martin Amis takes on Christopher Hitchens and comrades

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Rising After the Fall

    Martin Amis takes on Christopher Hitchens and comrades

  • Film+TV

    March 8, 2001

    Cuba Now

    Notes on the 22nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana

  • Film+TV

    March 1, 2001

    Cuba Now

    Notes on the 22nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana

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