March 11, 2007 Archive

Politics

• Our Man Chris Matthews: The Bam Bam of Broadcast Journalism

  Can Tim Russert really hate the lovable lug of nightly news? Cause I can't.

  Opinion in Politics — by CapeTownDissentator — on Mar 11, 2007

• Citizens Breathe a Bit Easier in America's 'Murder Capital'

  After 30 years, citizens in our nation's 'murder capital' once again have the right of self-defense.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Mar 11, 2007

• Europe Challenges U.S. by Slashing Greenhouse Emissions

  Europe is unilaterally cutting greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to get major polluters like the U.S. to the negotiating table.

  News in Politics — by Roger Choate — on Mar 11, 2007

• Television News Corrodes Your Brain

  "Credible" isn't the word you'd associate with Fox News and other media outlets tainted by political partisans.

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Mar 11, 2007

• Chávez Fiddles With Bush While Venezuela's Economy Burns

  Chávez' obsession with demonizing Bush is hurting his people.

  Opinion in Politics — by Clavos — on Mar 11, 2007

• Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

  Scooter plunges like Icarus while Cheney pushes the Iraqi war for oil in the name of "democracy."

  Opinion in Politics — by Uncle Sammy Says — on Mar 11, 2007

• European Union To Reduce Greenhouse Gases By Twenty Percent

  The 27-member European Union has just committed itself to greenhouse reduction far beyond anything underway in the United States and other major polluters.

  News in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 11, 2007

Video

• TV Review: Las Vegas Season Finale - "Heroes"

  Season four comes to a close, and leaves 'em wanting more.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 11, 2007

• Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Difficult Decisions and a Haunting Conscience

  Alan Quartermaine... not quite gone.

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Mar 11, 2007

• TV Review: Kings of South Beach

  A look at A&E's latest made-for-television movie.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Mar 11, 2007

• Movie Review: Molokai - The Story of Father Damien (1999)

  The true story of a Catholic missionary who fights leprosy on the island of Molokai.

  Review in Video — by Richard Pettinger — on Mar 11, 2007

• Sci-Fi Channel Original Review: Earthstorm

  Sci-Fi Channel storms the Earth with another run of Saturday night fun.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 11, 2007

• Movie Review: Breach

  Real life espionage. Not as good as the imaginary stuff.

  Review in Video — by General Disdain — on Mar 11, 2007

• Movie Review: 300

  Spartan propaganda has never looked so good.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 11, 2007

• TV Review: Amercan Idol 6 - The Adventures of Sanjaya and Sundance

  Can I be honest? You're going to die anyway..." Then Paula jumps in. "You look really beautiful though."

  Satire in Video — by Chancelucky — on Mar 11, 2007

• Movie Review: Premonition

  This eerie, time-bending, emotionally charged thriller stars Sandra Bullock as a suburban housewife.

  Review in Video — by Gerald Wright — on Mar 11, 2007

• Movie Review: 300 Is A Visual Treat

  300 is a visual treat -- nothing less than spectacular.

  Review in Video — by Sibin Mohan — on Mar 11, 2007

• Movie Review: The Beast Must Die

  Do werewolves make good houseguests?

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Mar 11, 2007

• DVD Review: Favela Rising

  If they ever want to ever show a movie that deserves to be labeled inspiring, Favela Rising is it.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 11, 2007

• TV Review: Raines

  A detective who likes to talk... to the dead.

  Review in Video — by Nancy Fontaine — on Mar 11, 2007

• DVD Review: Dumb and Dumber Unrated

  The dumbest classic of all time.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 11, 2007

Sports

• Heartbreak For NC State In The ACC Tournament

  NC State's dream run in the ACC comes to a close with their loss against UNC in the final.

  News in Sports — by Sibin Mohan — on Mar 11, 2007

• Jakaitis, Rainville Lead Lakers Past RedHawks

  LSSU moves onto Detroit for the CCHA Final Four. MU’s fate rests in the hands of the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

  News in Sports — by M.D. Sandwasher — on Mar 11, 2007

• The Reason For The Red Sox Passion

  If it's true that Baseball, along with jazz, is one of the great indigenous American art forms, then certainly the story of baseball in Boston has been, for most of its history, one of America's most compelling tragedies.

  Opinion in Sports — by Jeff Louderback — on Mar 11, 2007

Books

• Book Review - Nash Editions: Photography And The Art Of Digital Printing by Garrett White (editor) with Graham Nash, Richard Benson, R. Mac Holbert and Henry Wilhelm

  A must-own for anyone who is serious about photography, fine art printing or just a lover of fine art.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Mar 11, 2007

• Periodically Speaking: Script

  A magazine for motion picture and television screenplay writers that serious movie fans will also devour.

  Review in Books — by Ed Rust — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: Celandine by Steve Augarde

  A great book for that pre-teen girl who is struggling with her own identity crisis.

  Review in Books — by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 11, 2007

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of March 11, 2007

  Spring forward, fall behind: Forget sleep - you've lost an hour of reading. Some quick considerations include Perry, Lethem, Salvatore, Arendt, Riefenstahl, Chagall.

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review - Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-On-One by Deke McClelland

  With Adobe Photoshop One-On-One you will grow by magnitudes in your understanding and ability to use Photoshop.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards

  The startling conclusion more than compensates for a slow start to this reflective mystery.

  Review in Books — by Mysterious Reviews — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

  Death narrates this elegantly written story about an extremely poor girl growing up in WWII-era Germany.

  Review in Books — by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 11, 2007

• Book Review: Birdwing by Rafe Martin

  This coming-of-age adventure is a wild and unexpected one sure to enchant you.

  Review in Books — by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 11, 2007

• Interview with Maurice Suckling, Computer Games Scriptwriter and Author

  "A lot of computer game stories I write are set in a crime, or an adventure, an action, or a sports world."

  Interview in Books — by Ambrose Musiyiwa — on Mar 11, 2007

• Comics Review: Civil War Issue 7 (Marvel Comics Civil War) by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines

  The finale to Civil War, a comic event in seven parts.

  Review in Books — by Vichus Smith — on Mar 11, 2007

Gaming

• PS2 Review: Samurai Warriors 2 Empires

  Will you get a prize for hitting the square button for the millionth time?

  Review in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Mar 11, 2007

• PC Game Review: Wheel of Fortune 2

  Adaptation of America's most popular game show fails to take advantage of most computers' capabilities.

  Review in Gaming — by Damian Penny — on Mar 11, 2007

• Nintendo Wii Review: Sonic and the Secret Rings

  Go to a happy place... go to a happy place... like the Virtual Console and download the original Sonic.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 11, 2007

• PC Game Review Battlefield 2142 - Northern Strike

  Now with 40% more laser-y goodness.

  Review in Gaming — by Johnny Rock — on Mar 11, 2007

Music

• Music DVD Review: Yes - Live At Montreux 2003

  For Yes to produce a concert like this in 2003, sounding better than they did in 1972, is to me nothing short of miraculous.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Mar 11, 2007

• Music Review: Joshua Radin - We Were Here

  His mellow acoustic songs hearken the talents of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith.

  Review in Music — by Brewed Fresh — on Mar 11, 2007

• Music Review: Sean Price - Jesus Price-Superstar

  This album is more like a reminder of that Sean Price is “dope like the tits in Oz”.

  Review in Music — by Laron Cue — on Mar 11, 2007

• Music Review: James Morrison's Undiscovered Has Mass Appeal

  James Morrion's debut CD, Undiscovered, crosses several music genres with catchy lyrics and soulful sound.

  Review in Music — by writnkitten — on Mar 11, 2007

• Nintendo Wii and American Idol CDs for One Lucky Winner

  Here's your chance to win an amazing prize package.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Mar 11, 2007

• Music Review: World/Inferno Friendship Society - Red-Eyed Soul

  NYC's World/Inferno Friendship Society continues to mix up the punk rock with cabaret style on their latest release.

  Review in Music — by Brian McConville — on Mar 11, 2007

Tastes

• Review of Sir Elliot's Tobacco and Coffee: A Smoker's Playground

  Starbucks: eat my ashes.

  Review in Tastes — by Superior To You — on Mar 11, 2007

Sci/Tech

• TheNewsRoom Offers Content And Cash To Bloggers

  Voxant's deal with the AP is a prime example of how old and new media are blending before our eyes.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Friesen — on Mar 11, 2007

• Digg and Netscape Struggle to Prevent Gaming and Other Shenanigans

  A successful experiment in buying a Digg front pager with low grade content proves that the big boy social news sites still have a ways to go to prevent gaming.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Mar 11, 2007