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This is the first fortnightly column I'll be writing for The Conversation , a creative commons news and opinion website that launched today.

I am in Glasgow, in my mum and dad's house. I'm upstairs in my old bedroom and they're under strict orders: do not shout at me.

Crikey examines how media and culture organisations fared in this year's budget.

Berberian Sound Studio started doing the festival rounds last year, but IFC is going to release it in the US this summer.

Sharleen Spiteri and her cohorts wear their influences on their sleeves, so a tie-up with Richard Hawley, with whom they worked with on much of this album, makes a lot of sense.

Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri always downloads full albums in favour of singles, insisting real music fans refuse to fast-forward through records.

Tea Party event in July 2012 in front of the S.D. County Administration building.

IN THEIR 25th anniversary year Texas release their new studio album The Conversation on May 20.

The Cuban-born singer will appear Monday at Miami Dade College. In collaboration with the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, she will be joined by the leader of the dissident group Ladies in White, Berta Soler.

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David Brooks : On Tuesday I was on a panel with Representative Xavier Becerra, the chairman of the House Democratic caucus, and Janet MurguA a, who is the head of the National Council of La Raza.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office has produced a new video for the annual New Jersey Legislative Correspondents' dinner.

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Gail Collins : David, I just got back from a vacation in Botswana. We were cut off from the outside world for quite a while, just looking at nature.

Today Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson ordered T-Mobile USA to stop deceptive advertising for its "no contract" plans.

There's a wonderful article over at The Atlantic called How Not to Die . It's worth reading in its entirety, but I wanted to summarize it here because the work of Dr.

For a second year the US House has passed the embarrassingly vague Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, a bill that could scatter your personal information like a tornado hitting a trailer park.

Last Tuesday, I was looking forward to a lecture at Riverside Church featuring Sohail Daulatzai on Black, Muslim, South Asian, Latino and Third World international movements.

Texas front woman Sharleen Spiteri ended up in hospital after injuring herself while shooting the video for Texas' next single.