…of significantly greater importance than an equally large increase for someone who is better off. My co-author Alex Voorhoeve and I argue that this shift in the moral weight that…
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Tim Johnson Wins Re-Election… and Here is Where He Stands
…over $126,000 from construction interests. He’s also taken $98,000 from building trade unions. Iraq War Johnson cast a vote for the resolution giving President Bush the authority to wage war…
Hugh Meets Obama — “La Muerte es un Sueño”
…man making short work of a Sol cerveza 40-ounce answered his cell phone when his wife called. For a few seconds, he said nothing, then answered “working,” to the laughter…
Listen Up: November 3 – 9, 2008
…are right! Monday, November 3, 8–10 p.m.: Author Roundtable: Eva Illouz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professor, Levis Faculty Center Music Room Illouz, author of Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of…
Obamnia
…center. Obama’s just a Harvard-educated lawyer, bestselling author (of books this expert finds pretty solid), United States Senator, wildly loved, with a gift for elocution, and damn if he isn’t…
Review: You Can’t Go Home Again
…great success. Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River were hailed as classics and their author, Wolfe, as the greatest author of the day. He left Scribner’s and…
Naomi Klein Shocks C-U Tonight and Tomorrow
…p.m., Klein — columnist for The Nation and author of several books, including No Logo and Shock Doctrine — will be giving a talk in the auditorium of Smith Memorial…
Author Tamara Dean Discusses Her Book, The Human-Powered Home
Like many people who use the power of their legs to get from Point A to Point B, I’m always looking for ways to be more self-sufficient and less consumerist…
Elizabeth Royte Brings Garbage Land to CPL Tonight, Parkland Tomorrow
Over the next couple of days, author Elizabeth Royte will be taking Champaign-Urbana by storm, speaking about and signing copies of her 2005 book, Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail…
The New Champaign Public Library, Inc.
The Champaign Public Library has in its circulation exactly two copies of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian masterpiece Fahrenheit 451, a novel about book censorship, authoritarian rule and the negative influence technology…