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Paa-per-baack reader, part 2
Following up for the (no doubt) large contingent of readers out there who care about my reading a...
Uncool, and unashamed
"Favorite bad albums": I love this game. I want to play, too.\ \ Let's define terms first, though...
'Shark' fever
I caught my beloved kids from Philly, Marah, at Jammin' Java Wednesday night, and the Bielanko br...
Paa-per-baack reader
Aside from a few John Grisham novels, and a few more Tom Clancys, I've never been much of a middl...
Britney's puppy faux pas
Just when you thought the poor girl's PR troubles couldn't get any worse, now the Humane Society...
Still dreaming on...
The Post's Ann Hornaday has a nice feature today about the persistent -- and conspicuous -- absen...
The one-world according to Dave Mustaine
I'm not crazy about depictions, however symbolic, of a major international organization's Manhatt...
Learning to love 'Sicko'
I throw my virtual hands in the air.\ \ It seems the glossing over of Michael Moore's pathologica...
Dumber than you'll ever be
Via Megan McArdle, I see Dana Gioia, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, issued...
Cool (again) 'Sunglasses'
The last time I saw ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons was at the Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball in 2001. A...
You go, Guv
Arnold Schwarzenegger has apparently dived headfirst into a debate I wrote about last year: the u...
In defense of 'Fletch'
Speaking of being late to the scene, I feel obliged to stand up for the honor of another slice of...
On not getting there first
So, I'm reading Don DeLillo's 1985 novel "White Noise," and I get to the chapter about the cloud...
New Macca, old Fanny
Or is it Annie?\ \ \ Via Stereogum, I pass on to you this intriguing interpretation of the Ba...
The fix is in
Who didn't see this coming? Michael Moore screened his "Sicko" attack on the health-care industry...
