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Mark Guarino

Mark Guarino is a staff writer with the Christian Science Monitor. He lives in Chicago.

John Cusack (AP/Chris Pizzello)

“It’s not the MSNBC, Fox BS — f*** this red/blue paradigm”: John Cusack unloads on the media, the right and corporate Democrats

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Gov. Rick Snyder takes stand in Detroit bankruptcy trial

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Will Detroit actually enter bankruptcy?

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Rahm Emanuel is losing control of his city

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Actress Victoria Jackson takes part in a rally before a Republican presidential debate Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in Tampa, Fla. (AP/Chris O'meara)

Can Victoria Jackson return from the fringe?

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Chief Keef

Rap’s killer new rhymes

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Taylor Swift (AP/Michael Sohn)

Is Taylor Swift being taken too seriously?

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Fear the almighty wrath: Five natural disasters “caused” by gays

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Stephen Colbert is Middle-earth-bound

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“Glengarry Glen Ross” revival shows us how low we’ve sunk

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