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56Novel Ideas - More Ideas for Good Books
The following is another part in what will, I hope, be a growing list of authors and books that I have found to be genuinely interesting. The list stems from my own tastes and experience, and as such it is, of...
2 comments54Masked Man - The Dark Knight Review
Rarely was a film more aptly titled. The Dark Knight, director/co-writer Christopher Nolan’s excellent second take on the Batman mythos, is certainly the darkest Batman film to date. In both tone and...
0 comments54Good TV Shows That Nobody's Watching
So. You’re watching the tube. Kudos. No burning calories for you. Kiss the little gray cells goodbye. And pass the potato chips. Ah, well… If I’m to be honest, I should admit that while I may not...
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52Terrence Malick and the World of Special Editions
So right there in front of me, within the borders of Sight and Sound’s list of “The DVDs of 2008,” was an entry dedicated to Terrence Malick’s The New World – The Extended Cut. This caught me by...
0 comments49How Art Grapples With History
I read an article in The New York Times this morning that discusses a subject I’ve often thought about – namely, the moral grey area that is art’s effort to grapple with catastrophic events like the...
0 comments56Conservative Spin Strikes Again
So. Turns out Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is just the teensiest bit corrupt. Maybe you’ve heard. Blagojevich was arrested at his home on Tuesday for allegedly trying to sell the senate seat vacated...
0 comments50Attack of the Talking Heads, or, Why Rachel Maddow is Likeable
I am no longer inundated by the talking heads. That, folks, is one of the benefits of having passed through election season. In the weeks running up to November 4th, I would often find myself checking in...
0 comments67A Disussion of Robert J. Corber's "In The Name of National Security"
The following is a discussion of many things: politics, movies, gender identity, and Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. The discussion uses Robert J. Corber's nonfiction work In the Name of National...
0 comments63Novel Ideas - Ideas for Good Books
So, you've finally managed to set aside some free time to read a good book. Could be that you're on your way to the library or bookstore (or online retailer...) with the hope of finding the right read. Or, you might have a stack next to you now, and...
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62Star Trek - Losing Its Soul
Good heavens, but Leonard Nimoy has aged. For those of you just joining me, let me fill you in: I have to confess to being a long time fan of Star Trek. Geeky, I know. I may never have dressed up and run...
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