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Parvum Opus: Followers Flock To Pope's Latin Twitter Feed

Sylvia Poggioli — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:00 +0000

Against all Vatican expectations, the pope's Twitter account in Latin has gained more than 100,000 followers in six months and continues to grow.

Followers are not exclusively Roman Catholics or Latin scholars, but represent a wide variety of professions and religions from all over the world. Some go so far as to claim that the language of the ancient Romans is perfectly suited to 21st-century social media.

Pope Benedict XVI launched the first papal Twitter account last December in eight languages, including Arabic.

Hillary Clinton Sends Her First Tweet

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:35:00 +0000

Hillary's first two followers were Bill and Chelsea. She hasn't posted much yet but her Twitter bio is getting lots of attention. Clinton describes herself as wife, mom, hair icon, glass ceiling cracker and pantsuit aficionado.

Book News: Sales Of Orwell's '1984' Spike After NSA Revelations

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:16:00 +0000

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

As of this morning, Amazon sales of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 had jumped 6,021 percent in just 24 hours, to No. 213 on Amazon's bestseller list. As NPR's Alan Greenblatt recently pointed out, many people have found uncomfortable resonances between Orwell's "Big Brother" state and the news that broke last week of U.S. government surveillance programs.

With Nod To 'Texts From Hillary' Guys, Clinton Joins Twitter

Mark Memmott — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:59:00 +0000

"Thanks for the inspiration @ASmith83 & @Sllambe - I'll take it from here...

Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny

Ari Shapiro — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:38:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUc0D6_UPA