February 2016 – postcards from the pug bus

Coldplay Criticized for Lily White Super Bowl Message

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NEW YORK—British musical act Coldplay may have graciously yielded the stage at the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show to Bruno Mars and Beyonce Knowles, but Coldplay’s passive-aggressive civility did not fool all the people even

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News

Road Rage Trails in Consumer Reports Survey

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NEW YORK—When Consumer Reports conducted research for its 2015 road rage survey, published on December 31 last year, the magazine included for the first time questions about other forms of rage that sully our lives.… Read on

You Can't PhotoShop This

What Would Nixon Do? You Can’t Photoshop This

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We were watching the Villanova-Temple game last night, half paying attention to an interview with a former Temple player, half poking around on our tablets, half sucking on a phatty, when what to our wandering … Read on

Sporting Life

Charlotte Rampling Says Fuss Over Cam Newton Is Racist to White QBs

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CANCUN—Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling said yesterday that “all this codswallop” about Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who is African American, “is racist to white quarterbacks.” Speaking on Telemundo’s “Centro de Deportes” in fluent Spanish, Ms. … Read on