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Caught In The Crossfire

Anna Holmes — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Bogota, September 1. Image via Getty]

Colombian Ex-Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt Rescued From Revolutionaries

Jessica G. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT

After six years being held hostage in the Colombian jungle, former Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, along with fourteen other captives, was rescued by men disguised as Colombian leftist commandos. Betancourt had originally been taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) — described by the Times as "a Marxist inspired insurgency," — when she was campaigning for President as the Green Party anti-corruption candidate in 2002. She has a storied past which includes time spent as a beauty queen and dual French and Colombian citizenship because of her first marriage to a diplomat. She wrote an autobiography, Storm in my Heart, which was a best-seller in France and according to the Telegraph, "some reviewers described her as a latter-day Joan of Arc, and her election campaign was followed closely in the [French] media." More »

Bigger Than Burning Man.

Moe — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Seventy five thousand people showed up to see Obama's biggest yet speech in Portland, Oregon yesterday. Firstly, that represents something like one-seventh the entire population of Portland and undoubtedly the biggest-ever congregation of fixed-gear bicycles. In fact, the crowd was bigger than pretty much any outdoor rock concert including Burning Man (though not including the Stones at Altamont Speedway) and it was in a city, a city we can only imagine smells kind of awful right now, if only because the coffee in Portland lends itself to really foul shits. Anyway, a friend of mine used to call Portland "White People Gone Wild." It is not such a terrible shock this crowd digs Obama. So as this woeful chapter in our nation's history concludes I can only hope the WPGW contingent will stop saying ludicrous things like the election of John McCain would be "eight more years" of Bush. To say such a thing cheapens the trauma of the World's Worst Presidency and further tries our almost thoroughly bankrupt national capacity for nuance, a capacity Obama is trying to restore. That and lots more with Megan and I, after the jump. More »

Hillary Clinton Never Should Have Granted That Interview To US Weekly, Camille Paglia Tells US Weekly

Moe — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:30:33 EST

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On the eve before the Texas/Ohio primaries that could end the Hillary Clinton candidacy, Camille Paglia decided to give an exclusive interview to...US Weekly. In which: she praises Barack Obama for his superior kung fu skills and rails against Hillary for hiring a team "so self-infatuated with their own clever superiority, that in fact they're quite transparent," and also choosing to appear in US Weekly. [US Weekly]