March 24, 2012 Archive

Video

• Movie Review: The Hunger Games

  An adaptation of the Suzanne Collins bestseller, The Hunger Games hugely satisfies.

  Review in Video — by TYRONE S REID — on Mar 24, 2012

• DVD Review: Pound Puppies-Homeword Pound

  Pound Puppies: Homeward Pound offers four great Pound Puppy animated episodes that will charm and delight young children.

  Review in Video — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Mar 24, 2012

• Erika Van Pelt’s American Idol Journey Gets Cut Short

  The American Idol contestants tackled singer-songwriter Billy Joel’s songbook this past week.

  Opinion in Video — by Kirsten Coachman — on Mar 24, 2012

• Movie Review: The Hunger Games

  Both engaging and entertaining without sacrificing its smarts. But is this worthy of being THE new franchise?

  Review in Video — by Ross Miller — on Mar 24, 2012

Music

• Music Review: Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968

  Experience Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company live like you never have before.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 24, 2012

• Music Review: Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968

  A live recording worth owning for any Joplin aficionado.

  Review in Music — by Cinema Sentries — on Mar 24, 2012

• Concert Review: Laurence Juber – Anchor Pub, Everett, WA – 03/23/2012

  An amazing display of acoustic guitar mastery, performed by a Grammy winning artist.

  Review in Music — by The Other Chad — on Mar 24, 2012

• Concert Review: Ruthie Foster at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA, March 23, 2012

  Ruthie Foster and her band created magic March 23, 2012 at Eddie's Attic.

  Review in Music — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Mar 24, 2012

Culture

• Theatre Review (LA): American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose by Richard Montoya at the Kirk Douglas

  A comedy with some profound ideas underneath.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Mar 24, 2012

• A Stranger in Malaysia: The Problem of Identity

  I may have been born in Malaysia, but I feel like a stranger in my own country.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elizabeth Tai — on Mar 24, 2012

• Theatre Review (LA): Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Sondheim at the Morgan-Wixen

  A decent production at the Morgan-Wixen Theatre in Santa Monica.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Mar 24, 2012

Books

• Book Review: Mr. Glamour by Richard Godwin

  A darkness well hidden, does it really exist?

  Review in Books — by Leslie Wright — on Mar 24, 2012

• Book Review: One Rough Man: A Pike Logan Thriller by Brad Taylor

  Frighteningly accurate and easily true, even if it is fiction.

  Review in Books — by Lou Novacheck — on Mar 24, 2012

• Book Review: It's Already Inside: Nurturing Your Innate Leadership for Business and Life Success by Robert S. Murray

  Told with purpose and insight, Robert S. Murray offers inspiration and practical and applicable lessons of leadership.

  Review in Books — by Tyler Tichelaar — on Mar 24, 2012

• Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

  Katniss and Peeta must fend for themselves against natural elements, the Gamemakers and the other contestants whose only option is to kill or be killed.

  Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on Mar 24, 2012

• Interview: Jason Heller, Author of Taft 2012: A Novel

  Jason Heller explains why, in his debut novel, he made former President Taft a 2012 presidential candidate

  Interview in Books — by Scott Butki — on Mar 24, 2012

Politics

• Keynesians Are Clueless

  Paul Krugman didn't see the Great Recession coming and he doesn't see the next crisis coming either.

  Opinion in Politics — by Kenn Jacobine — on Mar 24, 2012

• Two Men, One City, and a World of Human Failings

  An overlooked perspective on Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman and the spirit of a struggling city.

  Opinion in Politics — by Joseph F. Cotto — on Mar 24, 2012

• North Korea to Launch Missiles Towards Australia

  Pyongyang ignores food agreement; more belligerent than ever.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Lake — on Mar 24, 2012

• The Social Advocacy Lure: Whom Will It Catch?

  Obama's reelection bid casts an appealing lure that hides a very nasty hook. Will it keep him in the White House?

  Opinion in Politics — by Sidney and Riley — on Mar 24, 2012

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

  Hayek’s gravest error: the contrast of his brand of individualism with socialism or collectivism. It’s a totally modern conception, unheard of in Hobbes’s own time, and it displays Hayek’s modern bias.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Mar 24, 2012

• A Syria Solution

  A look at the recent turmoil threatening to plunge Syria into civil war and escalate tensions in the Middle East.

  Opinion in Politics — by James Carney — on Mar 24, 2012

Sci/Tech

• Can the Release of the New iPad 3 Help Finance your Own iPad 2?

  The price of the iPad 2 is dropping rapidly and users are trying to get the highest return they can on their purchase.

  News in Sci/Tech — by RawMichelle — on Mar 24, 2012