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Politics
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What Should Conservatives Even WANT the Supreme Court to Do?
We've gotten so far off the rails from constitutional governance that "strict constructionism" would also be extreme "judicial activism."
- Dear Dems: Draft The John Wayne Dude
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The Roberts Confirmation Hearings and the Pledge of Allegiance
“Under God” might well be Chief Justice John Roberts first case. How did Roberts fare against the senatorial blowhards?
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2005 Gubernatorial Races
I've got recent poll results...
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DeLay Spins That Republican Congress Is Fiscally Conservative (Stop Laughing ...)
Congress has approved tons of pork, but DeLay suggests the GOP can claim "victory" as fiscal conservatives?
- Bush Speech May Define Second Term
- The Unconstitutional Pledge: Redux
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Bush Admits Mistakes, Promises More
Goerge Bush responds strongly to the Katrina aftermath with plans to screw recovery workers.
- America The Helpless Giant: How Pitiful Can We Get?
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Louisiana Nursing Home Operators Facing Charges
It appears that one of the nursing homes in LA refused to move their patients and the patients died as a result. Now the owners have been charged with murder.
- March of the Wingers
Culture
- All Penguins Go to Heaven?
- Japanese Spacecraft Prepares To Land On Asteroid Itokawa
- Three Airlines Declare Bankruptcy: Delta, Northwest, Song
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Theater Review: Afterbirth at the Arcola, London
This first full-length drama by Dave Florez is considerably cleverer than those early "shock-jock" scenes might suggest.
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New Orleans Man Comes Back To City, Saves Cat
A touching, but bittersweet, story...
- Aries in Love
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OBH Podcast #006 - "Pick Up Sticks"
The gang's all here! With extra family members in the studio, including an eight-month old, it's an odd show.
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Soup Nazis, Rule Nazis, Grade Nazis and You: Advice for Freshmen
Your professors and psychologist know far less than they pretend. Be optimistic.
- Gas Wars? Bring Them On!
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Folk Tales: Lifeline To The Past
A good story never dies; it just waits for someone willing to listen
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Is Lots of Fructose Water Foolhardy? Apology, Too
In my zeal to report the dangers, I used an inappropriate word to characterize Seth Roberts's diet plan.
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Day By Day for September 14, 2005
Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 14, 2005
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Surf Your Brain Into Heavy Water
A happy hour for the creative psychotic? Sounds good, except that such a concept does not exist. Yet.
Video
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Film Review: Horse Feathers
They make me laugh...
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The WB Tries Its Hand at Supernatural
The WB takes a leap of faith with its new creepy drama...a leap in which it falls a little short.
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Review: Solaris
This is Sixth Sense in Space -- only Clooney isn't as convincing as Haley Joel Osment...
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TV Review: Bones
The chemistry between leads Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz saves this otherwise heavily flawed police procedural.
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The Holocaust and The Dirty Dozen
An observation after visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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2005 Fall Line-Up Reviews : Take 2 – Bones
Yeah I’m in, especially if she keeps wearing those camis. But joking aside, that’s just not good enough.
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2005 Fall Line-Up Reviews : Take 3 – HOUSE M.D.
The sardonic genius diagnostician is back and he comes out swinging
- Review: Real World: Austin - Week 13
- TV Review: House
- The N Acquires Classic Degrassi Shows
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TV Review: Bones
This show has its good points but ultimately it's only so-so.
- Early TV Review: Everybody Hates Chris
Music
- Review: Steve Earle Movies
- Concert Review: Billy Idol 9/13/05
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Woody Russell's Americana
The name Woody Russell summons images of a man sitting in a musky old bar on a wooden stool with his guitar, singing and telling stories.
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CD Review: Dark Horse -- Eric Himan
With a voice that is uniquely edgy, he delivers songs that really mean something. Strong and powerful lyrics are carried on simple, yet appealing arrangements.
- Coldplay Releases EP to Benefit Katrina Victims and The Daily Music and Tech News
- Mini-Review: Venus Hum, Big Beautiful Sky
- Playlist: Textile Mill Songs
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Review: Sons of Champlin, Hip Li'l Dreams
He's best-known today as a member of Chicago -- a day gig he's held down for over 20 years now...
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Review: Spin Doctors, Nice Talking to Me
I can think of few bands in recent memory who were hit harder by success than this group...
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The Couch Sessions Podcast: Head Roc
Head Roc talks to us about the origins of Negrophobia, the DC hip-hop scene, his influences, and hip-hop politics.
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CD Review: The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
Can old dinosaurs learn new tricks? Do they even have to?
- CD Review: Judge D - No Compromize
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"Here Comes The Flood" Pregnant Songs for BushWorld
Katrina, as a storm has passed. Ophelia sits spinning off my coast. Ophelia drowned, right? Again Gabriel floods my mind.
- Live: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at The Khyber in Philly 09/11/05
Sci/Tech
- Book Review: Best Software Writing I
- Good News-Bad News For TiVo
- Review: Google Blog Search
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March Of The (Conservative) Penguins?
Penguin movie disproves evolution?
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Senate Backs Bush (obo Utility Industry), Failing To Overturn Mercury Emissions Rules
The battle over the new EPA rules on mercury emissions will now turn to the courts.
- Hilton Hacking Techno Teen Sentenced
- Ghost Hunters #206: Theater/Firehouse Hauntings
- Ghost Hunters #205: Mordecai & USS N. Carolina
- Ghost Hunters #203: Meehan’s House
Books
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Book Review: Linux Made Easy, Part 1
If you're needing to get started with Linux, grab a beer and settle in with a copy of this manual.
- Reviews: Feynman and Vonnegut
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Book Review: Upland Hunting in Alaska
For some, hunting is more than man vs. nature.
- Books on Parade!
- Book Review: The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide
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It's Herbert Kornfeld's world
Computahz be foe numbah-krunchin', not lookin' up no Fonzie trivia or frontin' like a goddamn wizard on some kinda elfquest
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Chick-Lit, Trickster Gods, and Scraps of Dylan
I'll have the Gaiman, with a side order of KGB secrets, please! Hold the chick-lit.
- Book Review: Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
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Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture - Review
As Hobson points out, the history of exploitative, demeaning use of black bodies, particularly female bodies, is continuous.
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Gurus of Contemporary Crime Fiction: Michael Connelly
First instalment in a series on contemporary crime writers focuses on Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series and other thrillers.
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Book Review: Voices of a People's History of the United States
"A narrative of history that was written to awaken consciousness of class conflict, racial injustice, sexual inequality and national arrogance."
Books: Chick-Lit
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Review: Gilmore Girls Season Premiere
Rory hopes to be Queen of the Sloth. *Spoilers*
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