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More Things Impossible: The Second Casebook of Dr. Sam Hawthorne: Review

Edward D. Hoch's More Things Impossible: The Second Casebook of Dr. Sam Hawthorne (2006), ...

books
The Dr. Sam Hawthorne Mysteries

Edward D. Hoch is one of the very greatest living mystery writers.Of course, you've probab...

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“Diagnosis Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne”: Review

Edward D. Hoch's Diagnosis Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne (1996), reviewed ...

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“Lions for Lambs” Continues Run of Unpopular Films Opposing Iraq War

Robert Redford's oppressively earnest Lions for Lambs opened very weakly at the box office...

movies
The Saint on Film on TV

The trend of films to have multiple sequels and become theatrical series is nothing new, a...

books
Norman Mailer and the Hipster Cataclysm

Novelist-journalist Norman Mailer has died at age 84, according to his literary executor. ...

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DeGeneres Breaks Writers’ Strike

Daytime syndicated talk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres has decide to return to work, defying...

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New TV Series Continue Precipitous Decline

As the movie studios and TV channels and production companies contemplate the writers unio...

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NBC Goes Green

Everything's Gone Green, as the New Order song has it. As you may know, NBC TV has gone gr...

television
Legalize Dope, “Price Is Right” Host Says

Following in the grand tradition of animal-rights activist Bob Barker, comedian and The Pr...

journalism
Global Warming Is “Greatest Scam in History,” Weather Channel Founder Says

The Icecap website presents a scathing denunciation of global warming alarmism today, writ...

commerce
Advertisers Moving to Internet—and Fast

Big-name and -money advertisers have hitherto been reluctant to put much money into web ad...

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Rev. Pat Robertson Endorses Giuliani

In a surprising move, the Rev. Pat Robertson, a top leader among American evangelical Chri...

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Physical Beauty in Opera

If "Sexing Up Opera," as a Chicago-area Daily Herald article puts it, were a gim...

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American Gangster, Bee Movie Open Big; Anti-Bush Films Continue Free-Fall

American Gangster, the story of a 1970s crime lord (played by Denzel Washington) and the u...

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Hollywood Writers Strike Begins

The Hollywood writers went on strike as planned at 12:01 a.m. EST today. Writers Guild of ...

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Hollywood Writers to Strike

The Writers Guild of America—the union representing oppressed professional screenwri...

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Commemorating All Saints Day

NBA Los Angeles Lakers coach and Basketball Hall of Fame honoree Phil Jackson says America...

journalism
New Film Exposes the “Dark Side of Environmentalism”

The one big advantage environmental activists have is the presumed purity of their motives...

philosophy
The Problem of Democracy

Are democracy and free markets inherently hostile to each other? That's the question Brian...

commerce
Oscar Hopefuls in Box Office Freefall

The horror-suspense movie Saw IV handily won the weekend's movie box office competition, s...

television
Sopranos Producer Defends Series’ Controversial Ending

David Chase, producer of The Sopranos, says that the widely debated ending of the series' ...

television
“Samantha Who?”, “Back to You” Doing Well

The ratings for the new season's TV shows are starting to solidify, and the results are cl...

books
New Spillane Novel on the Way

Mystery writer Mickey Spillane, whose hugely successful crime novels disturbed critics and...

movies
New Film “Bella” Rejects Latin Stereotypes

Guest critic Rebecca Cusey reviews the new film Bella: Eduardo Verastegui, a square-j...

journalism
The Truth About Jena

A fascinating article in today's Christian Science Monitor shows that the media got everyt...

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Homosexual Activists Attack Obama Supporter

A homosexual activism group has called on presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) ...

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Viva Laughlin Cancelled

CBS has cancelled Viva Laughlin after just two episodes, in response to very low audience ...

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Horror Film, Comedies Strong in Weekend Box Office; Political Thriller “Rendition” Struggles

The new horror movie Thirty Days of Night led the weekend U.S. movie box office—and ...

books
The Oppressive Realities of the Sexual Revolution

One of the most important presumably unintended consequences of the Sexual Revolution of t...

books
Harry Potter’s Homosexual Headmaster

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has announced that Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of H...

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No Mystery in Women’s Murder Club

Women's Murder Club, a new crime-drama series running Friday nights at 10 EDT, sounds like...

television
Viva Laughlin an Avoidable Disaster

According to AOL Television, Viva Laughlin, which premiered tonight on CBS, is the worst n...