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Havana in 5…

It is becoming easier to visit the once forbidden land of Cuba.The island was a popular U.S. tourist getaway until Fidel Castro took power in 1959. In 2011, the Obama administration relaxed the rules preventing American travel to the island,…

Celebrating 50 years of the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’

Fifty years ago, CBS introduced a new TV series that sharply divided American cultural opinion. Critics and intellectuals hated it, and it became for them a symbol of how far television had fallen since the so-called “golden age” of live,…

The ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ at 50 — how would Jethro vote in 2012?

Fifty years ago today CBS introduced a new TV series that sharply divided American cultural opinion.Critics and intellectuals hated it, and it became for them a symbol of how far television had fallen since the so-called “golden age” of live,…