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Update on Minnesota PC Teacher Training Curriculum

A previous post, “Mind-Boggling Mind Control in Minnesota” revealed just how f...

journalism
Was There Ever Really a Golden Age of Journalism?

The basic assumption of people on both sides of the debate about media bias is that object...

books
Q & A with Jon Saboe

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books
Q & A with Gary Wolf

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books
‘The Days of Peleg’—A Review

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movies
Twilight: New Moon – Selling One’s Soul for Love in a Cheesy teen Melodrama

Over Thanksgiving weekend, Daniel Crandall took in a groan-inducing teenage melodrama, and...

movies
Disney’s “A Christmas Carol”

Despite some valid criticisms of Robert Zemeckis’ new high tech re-make of Dicken&rs...

movies
TCM Thrillers (November 30 – December 6)

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The Siren Song of Statism

   It's definitely worth your time to listen to all five parts of Peter Rob...

television
The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination

If you are of a certain age where you remember the 1960s, get out the DVR and record Natio...

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An Asinine Defense of the Burkha, from a Liberal

  Over at Infinite Monkeys blog, where I cross-posted my quick-hitting humorous ...

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The Manhattan Declaration

Chuck Colson and a dozen evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox leaders last week announced a...

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Mind-Boggling Mind Control in Minnesota

According to a report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, those that are licensed to teach in...

philosophy
Diminished Responsibility Principle Debated

The experts behind two Italian courts' controversial decisions to reduce a convicted mur...

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Comment of the Week: ‘The Prisoner’ Demystified

There were several very interesting exchanges in our comments sections this past week, inc...

manners-and-morals
Behold! The Burkha Barbie

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Is American Cultural Influence Declining?

Despite a decade of America being dumped on from every corner of the world, and with the c...

movies
TCM Thrillers (November 23 – 29)

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journalism
Journalism or activism? Breitbart threatens Democrats with more video

Andrew Breitbart is a brilliant tactician with information. His latest pronouncement, howe...

genres
‘Monk’ Enters Final Weeks

     The USA Network's first hit show, Monk, is nearing the end of its...

prose-fiction
Fiction Friday: Father Dowling, an Extraordinary Story, and More

In the latest issue of its weekly newsletter on prose fiction, The Culture Alliance shines...

journalism
Profile in Courage: MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell Grills a High School Palin Fan

Don't let me ever catch anyone around here calling Norah O'Donnell a ditzy, pretty-girl ne...

movies
Megan Fox Trashes Middle America … Again

  Via Pam Meister at Big Hollywood comes word that the fetching Megan Fox is not...

genres
‘Fourth Kind’ Unfairly Derided by Critics

   Although popular with audiences, the paranormal thriller The Fourth Kind...

television
AMC’s ‘Prisoner’ Tries, But Can’t Escape 1960s Ambiguity

AMC-TV's The Prisoner miniseries touches on some serious philosophical ideas--but ultimate...

commerce
‘2012’ No Box Office Disaster in First Week

Overcoming much negative pre-release criticism and showing the public's rising interest in...

genres
AMC-TVs ‘Prisoner’ Poses Philosophical Questions in Action Drama

      The Prisoner, on AMC-TV, is an interesting adaptation ...

movies
Review: Great Short Story Mangled into a Clumsy Film

    Richard Kelly's film The Box gets lost in a confusing wilderness w...

music
Review: Mute Math Is Adventurous, Liberating

      Refusing to be pigeonholed, Mute Math has chosen an in...

uncategorized
AP Becoming a Parody of CNN

     In an ideologically monolithic media environment, it’s...

movies
‘Equalizer’ Star Woodward Played Exemplary Heroes

       The late Edward Woodward was an exemplary actor,...

genres
Review: PBS Mystery ‘Place of Execution’

    Although many contemporary crime novelists strive for greater real...

philosophy
ABC’s “Flash Forward” Dealing with Deep Philosophical Questions

      Characters in the drama wonder if having seen a vision...