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TAC Fiction Review

Thanksgiving is around the corner. I'd love to get your thoughts or suggestions for storie...

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Black Liberal Admits Family Is Indispensable

In October 2009 a black teenager was beaten to death on the south side of Chicago. This ev...

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Local Talent, by W.S. Moore, III

The Culture Alliance and the American Culture present original fiction by W. S. Moore, III...

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Review: Thoughts of an Underappreciated Stoic

Review of Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings, translated by Cynthia King. Available for ...

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Secular Waste Lands and Hollow Men

Joseph Epstein’s essay, “T.S. Eliot and the Demise of the Literary Culture,” in the ...

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Review: Barton Creates Simple, Moving Album

By Warren Moore Review of Projector, by Steve Barton (Sleepless Records, 2010, available ...

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‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ Sets TLC Premiere Audience Record

The Learning Channel reports that Sarah Palin's Alaska drew some 4.96 million viewers for ...

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Hitchens and the Incomprehensibility of Theism

By Mike D'Virgilio Christopher Hitchens, as we all well know, is a thorn in the side of t...

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No Mistaken Identity Here: Klavan’s Book Is Masterful

By Lars Walker I will stipulate to being a hopeless fanboy in regard to Andrew Klavan’...

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Book Review: ‘Negrophilia’

By Mike Gray Negrophilia: From Slave Block to Pedestal — America's Racial Obsession by ...

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TAC Fiction Review

It's back to fiction with a taste of poetry, toward the end, this week. First up, is an e...

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Book Review: ‘Confrontational Politics’

By Mike Gray Confrontational Politics by Senator H. L. "Bill" Richardson, Ret. Nordskog P...

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The Man Who Was Leo Bruce

The Man Who Was Leo Bruce (Rupert Croft-Cooke, 1903-1979) By Curt Evans Rupert Croft-Co...

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Book Review: ‘Brave Boys of Derry, or No Surrender!’

by Mike Gray Brave Boys of Derry, or No Surrender! by W. Stanley Martin Nordskog Publishi...

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What’s the Difference Between Fiction and History?

by Mike Gray The theme of novels and plays is individual man as he lives, feels, and acts,...

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Bailey, Reggie Fortune Appreciated

The English mystery writer H. C. Bailey is one of the greats of the genre, and The America...

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‘New York Times’ Editor Lauds Readers’ Stupidity

"I'm sure glad our readers are stupid!" says a New York Times editor, though in different ...

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Andrew Klavan’s The Truth of the Matter: A Compelling Ride for Young Adults

By Lars Walker. If what you're looking for in a book is subtlety and nuance, Andrew Klavan...

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‘Psych,’ ‘Burn Notice’ Return

Two of the best shows on television—the USA Network mystery-comedy Psych and espionage-a...

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Fear or Sympathy? “Human Rights” Groups Exercise Selectivity

by Mike Gray Our culture is awash in irony at every level. One nettlesome example is how ...

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Weekend Movie Box Office Record Set

Led by Megamind, Due Date, and For Colored Girls,, U.S. movie theaters set a box office sa...

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Get Used to It — There’s Probably a Drone in Your Future

by Mike Gray The military has been effectively using surveillance drones for years—but ...

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Mitch Albom’s Stupak Stupor

By Bruce Edward Walker In his Parade article Sunday, "Mr. Smith Flees Washington," Mi...

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Education as a Lifelong Process – An Academic Who Gets It

By Daniel Crandall I'm sure you've picked up a book or magazine article, started reading,...

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What Were the Founding Fathers’ Criteria for Our Top Leader?

by Mike Gray We were once a “historically developed community of people” with a “com...

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Olbermann Suspended from MSNBC Show for Campaign Contributions

MSNBC has announced the indefinite suspension, without pay, of evening talk-show host Keit...

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Could Separation of Church and State Lead to Postpartum Depression?

by Mike Gray In writing about a pending court decision in Ohio (this was eight years ago)...

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Publishers Giving Books Away for e-Readers

"Throughout November, The Friday Project is giving away a free ebook version of In Praise ...

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‘USA Today’ Holiday Movie Update

Will Hollywood rebound from a poor box-office autumn? You decide: holiday-season movie pre...

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TAC Fiction and Poetry Review

Welcome to November. There's a Greek greeting shared between folks on the first day of e...

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Should Sherlock Holmes Be a Trademarked Character?

by Mike Gray Copyright laws are a gray area, with courts sometimes offering contradictory...

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Not a Laughing Matter?

by Mike Gray We sit by and watch the Barbarian, we tolerate him; in the long stretches of ...

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‘Gone, Baby, Gone’ Sequel Published

Moonlight Mile, Dennis Lehane's sequel to his bestselling 1998 mystery novel Gone, Baby, G...