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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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The Terror Two Hours South

Comments (1) | autogenocide, beheadings, Bill Maher, cartels, child prostitution, child soldiers, citizen journalists, Columnists, columnists, crimes against humanity, Daily Mail, discourse, Genocide, global turning points, Gulf Cartel, human rights, Iguala, isis, islam, Jose Luis Abarca, Journalism, los Guerreros Unidos, Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa, Maria del Rosario Fuentes, Media, Mexico, Middle East, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, organ harvesting, rape, reynosa, Ricardo Cesar Nino Villarreal, Sam Harris, Slavery, torture, Twitter, United States, war, Zeta cartel

Steve Helmeci
Columnist

More Americans have died due to Mexican cartel violence than in the entirety of the Iraq War.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Considering An International Shirt-Front On Vladimir Putin

Comments (0) | Australia, Australian Rules Football, Chechnya, Columnists, columnists, Dmitriy Medvedev, dollar, Dow Jones Business News, economic growth, economy, Estonia, Euro, gdp, Georgia, global turning points, human rights violations, inflation, LGBT rights, Malaysian Airlines, MH17, murder, Oxford Dictionary, Pussy Riot, ruble, russia, Russian sanctions, shirtfront, soviet union, Tony Abbott, Ukraine, vladimir putin, Western sanctions

Steve Helmeci
Columnist

We never thought we'd say this, but Tony Abbot's comment was actually on point.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

What's Next For The Protests In Hong Kong?

Comments (0) | 2005, BBC, Beijing, Benny Tai You-Ting, China, Chinese communist party, collective leadership, Columnists, columnists, CY Leung, democracy, Deng Xiaoping, global turning points, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Protest, HSBC, leaders, mainland China, Mao Zedong, Occupy, police, protest, sovereignty, Standard Chartered, Steve Hui, Taiwan, The Economist, the guardian, University of Hong Kong, Wang Yi, World Trade Organization, Xi Jinping

Steve Helmeci
Columnist

The world should prepare for a potentially destabilizing crackdown in Hong Kong if protests continue unchecked.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Reaction Time: Jonah Hill And The 'Other F-Word'

Comments (0) | 22 Jump Street, Alec Baldwin, Columnists, columnists, curses, etymology, gay, homosexuality, Human Rights Campaign, Jonah Hill, Language, LGBT, linguistics, love conquers hate, opinion, reaction time, slur, Tyler the Creator

Ariana Aboulafia
Columnist

Do words only have as much power as we give them?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Musings From My Motherland: Mastering The Art Of 'Janglish'

Comments (2) | college, Columnists, columnists, culture, english, Identity, Japan, japanese, Language, motherland, musings, Musings From My Motherland, study abroad, Tokyo, travel

Japanese locals and tourists enjoy a picnic underneath the cherry blososm, known as "hanami" / Photo by Shoko Oda

Shoko Oda
Columnist

Am I Japanese, or have I become too "American" to call myself that?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

What I Am Thankful For This Year

Comments (0) | 2012 election, columnists, Obama, Opinion, opinion, Romney, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day

Pie is one thing to be thankful for on this day. (moonlightbulb/Flickr)

Matt Pressberg
Editor-at-Large

Americans have a lot to be thankful for this year.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Our Nasty Elections Mean Our Democracy Is Strong

Comments (1) | Barack Obama, campaigns, Chris Christie, columnists, Donald Trump, elections, john sununu, mitt romney, Obama, opinion, Politically Correct, politics, Politics, President, Presidential Election, Romney

(Dawn Megli/Neon Tommy)

Matt Pressberg
Editor-at-Large

Americans need to embrace the madness because it is democracy in action.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Greece's Bailout: A Sisyphean Effort

Comments (1) | bailout, Columnists, columnists, eu, Euro, Europe, eurozone, Germany, Greece, imf, opinion

Saved again; Greece's government ministers, shown here in November 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

Matt Pressberg
Staff Columnist

Latest agreement ensures country's failure.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Know Doubt: R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens

Comments (0) | Christopher Hitchens, columnists, God is not great, mitt romney, newt gingrich, Opinion, opinion, Republicans

Christopher Hitchens (photo courtesy of Creative Commons).

Matt Pressberg
Staff Columnist

A eulogy for Christopher Hitchens

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