July 12, 2005 Archive

Politics

• The Unasked Question About the Plame Affair

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jul 12, 2005

• GOP Rep. Sensenbrenner Flip-Flops on Patriot Act, Endangers Law License

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Jul 12, 2005

• Bush snubs NAACP in favor of Black Expo

  I have a modest proposal for how the president can make up to black folks for these NAACP snubs...

  Opinion in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jul 12, 2005

• Bush To Meet With Reid and Leahy To Discuss Supreme Court Vacancy

  President Bush is reaching out to a mix of Republicans and (surprise, surprise) Democrats.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 12, 2005

• Is Freedom of The Press Hurting Our Soldiers?

  Opinion in Politics — by Jeremy H. Bol — on Jul 12, 2005

Culture

• Cruising: The Cruise Ship Journey

  About 1800 people come to eat and drink and take a quick glimpse of another culture

  Opinion in Culture — by Howard Dratch — on Jul 12, 2005

• Cops Shoot Baby

  Opinion in Culture — by Michael Davis — on Jul 12, 2005

• Bonds Still Not Ready To Return.

  Barry Bonds, the admitted steroid-taking slugger, is still not ready to come back.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sal Marinello — on Jul 12, 2005

• Tragedy Strikes The 'Don & Mike Radio Show'

  Freda Wright Sorce was killed in a tragic automobile accident on Sunday in the Ocean City, MD area.

  News in Culture — by David Flanagan — on Jul 12, 2005

• Review: Sundance, A New Original Opera by Matthew J. Walton

  ..the Peltier case has clearly not received the quality of attention that it deserves and that the collective voice of the Native American is still waiting to be heard by a government which has been all too willing, throughout US history, to silence it. The spirit of the Native Americans beg you - listen.

  Review in Culture — by Jude Nagurney Camwell — on Jul 12, 2005

• The All-Star Game is a Joke

  Another athlete opens his mouth, and presto, instant idiot. At least that’s what I thought at first.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sal Marinello — on Jul 12, 2005

• Someone should tell the media "when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras"

  Brad Pitt checked himself into a Los Angeles hospital last night, complaining of flu symptoms

  News in Culture — by Marlene Jaeckel — on Jul 12, 2005

• Dr. Doom is awesome

  Dr. Doom is the Julia Roberts of the Marvel Universe.

  Opinion in Culture — by Brandon J. Mendelson — on Jul 12, 2005

• Couch Potatoes, Dweebs and Memes

  Opinion in Culture — by S L Cunningham — on Jul 12, 2005

• NASA Signs Deal With YAHOO!

  "We're very excited to be able to offer this expanded coverage to the public," said NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Operations

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Jul 12, 2005

• Sorrow of Sorrows

  Opinion in Culture — by Leslie Friesen — on Jul 12, 2005

• The Marching Season

  Opinion in Culture — by Barney F. McClelland — on Jul 12, 2005

• Kill the Cable, Baby

  What percentage of your life is spent watching meaningless cable programs?

  Opinion in Culture — by Mark Sahm — on Jul 12, 2005

• Day By Day for July 12, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for July 12, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 12, 2005

Music

• Classic Montrose Debut Released on Audio Fidelity’s 24 Karat Gold Disc

  In late 2001, after fifteen years as the main force behind DCC's success, Marshall Blonstein resigned as President and Chairman of The Board of DCC Compact Classics to form Audio Fidelity.

  News in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jul 12, 2005

• Shark's Arbitrary List of "Best" Recordings, 1985-2005

  Needless to say, I'm not too fanatically attached to the soundtrack of my teen years; Graveyards are for the dead.

  Opinion in Music — by Shark — on Jul 12, 2005

• Interview: Cowboy Junkies Michael Timmins speaks out about new anti-war cd

  Interview in Music — by Earvolution — on Jul 12, 2005

• CD review: Nothing To Lose - Forty Deuce

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 12, 2005

• CD review: Spaceship One - Paul Gilbert

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 12, 2005

• CD review: Klein Hustles well

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 12, 2005

• 20 Most Underrated Rock Albums

  Review in Music — by Earvolution — on Jul 12, 2005

• CD review: Pretentious Jazz Bollocks?

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 12, 2005

• Bloggers ask for Media Exemption and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 12, 2005

• Ford Blues Band in Concert - DVD Review

  Review in Music — by Joan Hunt — on Jul 12, 2005

• Paul Oscher - Down In the Delta

  Review in Music — by Neal Gardner — on Jul 12, 2005

• Juliette and the Licks

  Review in Music — by Anna Creech — on Jul 12, 2005

Video

• Who Deserves An Emmy Nod This Year?

  This year has been a great year for drama, but quite lackluster for the comedy genre, which is still in mourning after losing Sex & The City, Friends, Frasier, and you might as well say Will & Grace. Which is why it is so brilliant of ABC to submit its megahit Desperate Housewives into the comedy category--it has hardly any competition.

  Opinion in Video — by Chris Evans — on Jul 12, 2005

• Sweet Love Story
  Review: IFC Airs All Over the Guy

  Could there be a "chick-flick" about the relationship between two gay guys?

  Review in Video — by DrPat — on Jul 12, 2005

• Review: A Time To Kill...
  McConaughey & Bullock Deliver Knockout Performances

  A young black girl is raped and severely beaten by two white men in a racist southern town in Mississippi.

  Review in Video — by Chris Evans — on Jul 12, 2005

• Review: War of the Worlds...Two Thumbs Down

  The 120 million dollar film War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, and Miranda Otto fails to impress.

  Review in Video — by Chris Evans — on Jul 12, 2005

• Review: Garden State

  Review in Video — by Lynn Schibeci — on Jul 12, 2005

• Box Office Update: 7/8-10

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 12, 2005

• UPN and WWE Under Attack For Terrorist Match

  Opinion in Video — by jen best — on Jul 12, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases For 12th July 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jul 12, 2005

• Review: Fantastic Four

  Fantastic Four is a fun movie, but don't get me wrong it has no uplifting value or worth.

  Review in Video — by Nicholas Roussos — on Jul 12, 2005

• CNN Weather Map Diagnosed With Hyperactivity, Given Ritalin, Told To Avoid Sugar

  Satire in Video — by Cerulean — on Jul 12, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week: 7/12

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 12, 2005

Sports

• Futon Report: All-Star Baseball Game Thoughts

  Real-time comments that occured during the 76th annual Midsummer Classic, for your reading (dis?)pleasure.

  Review in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jul 12, 2005

Books

• Harry Potter Fever: 4+5=6

  Review in Books — by Dawn Olsen — on Jul 12, 2005

• Book Review: God vs. The Gavel by Marci A Hamilton

  The author presents arguments in favor of an interpretation of the Religion Clauses to support regulating religious conduct that harms others.

  Review in Books — by Gregg Guetschow — on Jul 12, 2005

• Blogcritics On Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Pottermania 6

  News in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 12, 2005

• Harry Potter Leak Plugged by Canadians

  News in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 12, 2005

• Book Review: Funding Evil

  Pretty explosive stuff detailing how terrorists get their money to carry out attacks.

  Review in Books — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 12, 2005

• Hunter's Last Flight

  Hunter S. Thompson will take his last flight. Happy landings!

  News in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 12, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Network Coverage of NASA's Return To Flight

  It's been years since the Big Three networks have covered a shuttle launch live...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Jul 12, 2005

• Naive & Libelous On the Internet

  ...a lot of confusion among them about the difference between free speech and lying.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 12, 2005