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Snowstorm Snickering
A couple of days ago, Adam Holz wrote a post called “When Weather Attacks.” So I’m blaming him for the winter storm that dumped a
Law, Order & Abortion
Here’s a pop quiz on the subject of abortion: Where do you think the following quotes come from? “I grew up thinking Roe v. Wade
When Weather Attacks
Once upon a time, if you were a cable or satellite subscriber, you could rely on staid, utilitarian information outlets such as The Weather Channel
A Dulling Saw?
The weekly box office wrap-up is one of the most-discussed but, really, most-misleading pulse points for our culture. Every week, media outlets across the land
Axl Rose Meets Jesus?
I’m wrestling with something. A couple of weeks ago, an acquaintance said that her Denver-area church had sung the Guns N’ Roses’ hit “Paradise City”
Does Violence Onscreen = Violence in Real Life?
Earlier this week, Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman weighed in on whether violence against women on the big screen contributes to violence in the real world.
Going With the Crowd
The movie-going experience is dead. Or so I’ve heard. And looking at the growing number of home theaters in the U.S., skyrocketing ticket prices, easy
Sucked Dry
Vampires are draining. I just got finished watching a couple of episodes of CW’s The Vampire Diaries for a television review. Tonight, I’m going to
The Balloon Boy Has Landed (in Court)
Last week, 6-year-old Falcon Heene and his weird-science family made headlines when the boy was thought to have been caught up inside a helium balloon.
Good ‘Citizen?’ Hardly.
It’s Friday, and around here, that means it’s movie-review posting day. We’re in the doldrums of fall—the blockbusters of summer are long gone, and the
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