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‘Parker’ Brings Westlake Character to Screen Without Excessive Damage to Source

Anyone who follows my writings regularly knows that I am a very big fan of the late, great...

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Sexualization Blues in the New Britain—and What About the USA?

Writing in the Telegraph, columnist Allison Pearson rather cautiously and apologetically...

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What’s So Bad About Uncle Tom?

I’ve often wondered these several decades of my political awareness why the term “Uncl...

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Phil Mickelson Earned His Money and Should Retract His Apology About Taxes

Phil Mickelson, the affable "aw shucks" fan-favorite on the PGA Tour and one of the game...

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Q & A with João Cerqueira

João Cerqueira is the author of The Tragedy of Fidel Castro, the satirical novel recently...

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Book Review — ‘The Tragedy of Fidel Castro’

THE TRAGEDY OF FIDEL CASTRO — By João Cerqueira [Translated from the Portuguese by Kare...

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The Value of Traditional Marriage Seen in Its Demise

I’ll never forget an interview I heard with the current Secretary of Education Arne Dunc...

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Te’o Hoax Tars Notre Dame with Embarrassment

By now you've probably heard about the biggest culture story of the day: the girlfriend of...

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‘A Killer in the Wind’ Will Get into Your Head

See, I’d seen that look before. That wrinkled nose, that laughing sparkle in the eyes....

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Netflix Makes Smart Programming Move—But Further Opportunities Remain

Creeping back from the abyss, Netflix appears to be taking the smart road after its high...

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Review: Conservatives and Environmentalism

The moral high ground of environmentalism seemingly was ceded by free-market proponents ...

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Review: 1890s Sleuths in Enjoyable Mysteries in Holmes-Era U.S.

It’s San Francisco in the 1890s. John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter have partnered u...

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Poem: An Untitled Contemplation of Life’s Continuation

The following poem, which we present with the permission of the author, is another in our ...

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“Altamont Augie”: The 60s Counter Culture Come Alive

My first book of the New Year turned out to be a very good one, a first novel  by Richard...

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Book Review — ‘The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas’

THE CASEBOOK OF JONAS P. JONAS — By E. X. Ferrars — Edited by John Cooper — 2012 —...

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Pronzini’s Latest Mystery Novel Is a Compelling Read

Hellbox is the newest novel in the Nameless Detective series of mysteries written by Bill...

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10cc’s in a Box: Tenology

At long last one of my favorite 1970s pop groups has found its home in a box set. If, li...

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Bloated Winter Movies: Do You Want That Blockbuster Supersized?

It's too bad for film critics that they don't draw an hourly wage, what with the recent sp...

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Book Review: Rivers of Blood

The Wyvern Company were really no better than a group of medieval thugs. While on the warp...

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‘Promised Land’: Big Oil Propaganda Film Fails Screenwriting 101

Promised Land's big reveal comes in the opening credits when Image Nation Abu Dhabi is li...

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Science As a Special Interest Group

Just as we've always suspected: A commentator in the world’s leading science journal adv...

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America 1815-1848, Who Knew!

If you are a fan of American history, or a typically educated American, I’d wager that t...

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The Cinema of Eric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination, and the Social World by Jacob Leigh

I have written elsewhere of Eric Rohmer (http://stkarnick.com/?p=4963), one of the great ...

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A Nostalgic Look at the ’50s

By Mark W. Hendrickson New Year’s observances blend recollections of the past, celebr...

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‘Jack Reacher’ Is Entertaining Despite Questionable Casting of Cruise

I’ve never read the books of Lee Child. So I couldn’t share the outrage of fans when i...

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Happy New Year from King Solomon!

What better way to get a little perspective on the New Year than from a 3,000 year old sho...

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Billy Wilder’s ‘The Apartment’—A Caustic, Comic Look at America’s Changing Morality

My recommendation for New Year's Eve viewing, if you're inclined to watch a movie: The A...

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Les Misérables Didn’t Make Me Totally Miserable!

You see, I’m not a big fan of musicals. Yes, I guess you could say, I’ll admit it, I�...

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‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ is Good, but Disappoints

So I finally saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. And I enjoyed it. And yet… I under...

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Where is the 21st Century Horatio Alger?

I’m sure for you generation X, Y and Zers, the name Horatio Alger, a strange one to your...

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Halter’s Brilliant ‘Hypothesis’ May Be His Masterpiece of Mystery

On a night in August of 1938, police constable Edward Watkins is walking his beat when he ...

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Review: ‘Hitchcock’ Movie for the Ignorant Only

Although the excitement I had initially felt upon viewing the trailer was gone, I was si...

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Another Blow to Malthus and His Progeny

Growing up in the 1970s I learned that the earth was a fragile thing, that resources were ...