March 3, 2012 Archive

Video

• Blu-ray Review: Blade of Kings

  Fun, if insubstantial, action/comedy.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 03, 2012

• TV Review: Big Band Vocalists (My Music)

  '40s vocalists croon again on PBS special

  Review in Video — by Jack Goodstein — on Mar 03, 2012

• DVD Review: World on a Wire - The Criterion Collection

  Fassbinder's take on the future is delightfully paranoid.

  Review in Video — by Jordan Richardson — on Mar 03, 2012

Politics

• Hobbes and Locke Revisited: The Foundations of the Modern Liberal State, Part VII

  It is the singular achievement of the liberal theory to have successfully merged both the political and the economic aspects of being into one indistinguishable whole.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Mar 03, 2012

• Will Racist Comments About the President Impact Lifetime Federal Judge Appointments?

  Are federal judges truly accountable to the American public?

  Opinion in Politics — by Donald W Tucker — on Mar 03, 2012

• Allow Me To Restate My Case

  We can get 100 percent screwed, or we can get 98 percent screwed and pretend that we didn't get politically pregnant.

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Mar 03, 2012

• Andrew Lansley: Parliamentary Pugilist

  It had been billed as an epic battle: Burnham vs. Lansley. It ended with us being none the wiser.

  Satire in Politics — by Cdenck — on Mar 03, 2012

• Society and the Individual, Part Five: America Past, Present, and Future

  What do the past, present, and future of American society have in common? Is there really much difference between them?

  Opinion in Politics — by Joseph F. Cotto — on Mar 03, 2012

• Rush: The Messenger

  Rather than outright condemnation, timid Republicans try to remain mum about Rush Limbaugh’s defamatory comments.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Mar 03, 2012

Books

• Book Review: The Hammer Vault by Marcus Hearn

  Take a walk around the Hammer Films vault to see tidbits about classic movies of the 1950s to today!

  Review in Books — by Fitz — on Mar 03, 2012

• Book Review: The Jaguar by T. Jefferson Parker

  A dark and thrilling look inside Mexican drug cartels and the men that combat them.

  Review in Books — by The Dirty Lowdown — on Mar 03, 2012

• Book Review: Mind Your Own Life: The Journey Back to Love by Aaron Anson

  Men don’t have to be in a repressed and unfulfilled marriage.

  Review in Books — by Irenesroth — on Mar 03, 2012

• Book Review: The Tea Party by Elizabeth Price Foley

  Explains the constitutional and legal basis for the values of the Tea Party movement.

  Review in Books — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 03, 2012

• Graphic Novel Review: Petrograd by Philip Gelatt (art by Tyler Crook)

  The powers that be think that Rasputin is urging the royal family to make a separate peace pact with Germany. They want to stop him.

  Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on Mar 03, 2012

• Book Review: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I’ve Lost My Damn Mind: A Manic’s Mood Chart by Derek Thompson

  Humorous memoir about being bipolar by a member of the Millennial Generation - today's young adults.

  Review in Books — by Paige Lovitt — on Mar 03, 2012

• Book Review: A Survivor's Guide to Kicking Cancer's Ass by Dena Mendes

  You can avoid cancer by practising Mendes’ healthy tips for inner and outer cleansing and detox.

  Review in Books — by Irenesroth — on Mar 03, 2012

Sci/Tech

• Windows 8 is Available in Preview Mode. Colorful, and Innovative!

  A quick review of the new "Windows 8".

  Review in Sci/Tech — by John Lake — on Mar 03, 2012

Music

• Music Review: Jan & Dean - Surf City: The Best Of Jan & Dean

  The sun always shines on the music of Jan & Dean.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Mar 03, 2012

• Music Review: Lambchop - Mr. M

  The new Lambchop album pays ghostly homage to Vic Chestnutt.

  Review in Music — by Guy De Federicis — on Mar 03, 2012

• Music Review: Omar & the Howlers - Essential Collection

  Omar and the Howlers’ Essential Collection is an essential sampler of contemporary Texas blues.

  Review in Music — by Wesley Britton — on Mar 03, 2012

Culture

• Self-Made in America

  Individualism is the heart of the crisis facing America.

  Opinion in Culture — by Phillipe Copeland — on Mar 03, 2012

• Christian Dior: FW2012

  The Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection of Christian Dior at Paris Fashion Week.

  Review in Culture — by Jose Aponte — on Mar 03, 2012

Sports

• MLB Announces Expanded Playoffs for This Year

  By expanding the playoffs to include ten teams, the idea is to no doubt push the playoffs to a longer (and more lucrative) format.

  Opinion in Sports — by Victor Lana — on Mar 03, 2012