- Friday, November 17, 2006 — 51 Articles Published
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One Man's Heisman Poll: Sixth Edition— Ray Rice and Darren McFadden were monsters last week, but the Big Three remains intact.
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Relient K Announce New Album Details— Relient K reveal all about their fifth album.
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Movie Review: Lights in the Dusk— A report from the Pusan Film Festival
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Milton Friedman, 1912-2006— After 94 years lighting the path to freedom and prosperity for our nation, the greatest economist of the 20th century
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Book Review: Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts— A thrilling start to The Circle Trilogy, this is the kind of book you hate to put down but love
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DVD Review: BBC Atlas of the Natural World - Western Hemisphere and Antarctica— An 18-hour examination of the beauty of two continents.
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TV Review: Survivor 13: Cook Islands - Episode 9— Time (to go away) saved in a bottle and a great umu. Maybe you had to be there.
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Day By Day for November 17, 2006— Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for November 17, 2006
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Q: What Was the Greatest College Prank of All-time?— The mental_floss question of the day.
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Uncle Seth Podcast #21: Second Life and New Guitarists— Toronto indie band Uncle Seth return to Blogcritics, and talk about their foray into gigging Second Life.
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Stanley "Tookie" Williams: One Year Later— Thoughts on the Crips' founder, executed December 13, 2005.
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Turkey and the European Union, Part II: A European Voice— The European Union needs a better democratic structure when it comes to making big decisions - especially regarding Turkey.
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Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Casino Royale, Janet Jackson, Camilo Villegas on AT&T Home Turf, and Accepted game— Digital media music and video downloads and streams.
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up for Nov. 16 2006 - Copeland, Wolfkin, Jason Vigil— On first listen it seems self-conscious, as if the band had deliberately set out to make an Important Record.
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Indie Music Reviews for the Attention Deficient: Pajo— Pajo is post-rock-campfire song-rowboat music.
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DVD Review: King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition (2005)— A movie too long gains additional weight with more action. It's also one of the best DVDs ever made.
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From The Vault - Songs That Make My World Go Round— The author discovers a great not-so-new book which inspires her to ponder what it takes to be a great song.
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The Friday Morning Listen - Yellowjackets - Blue Hats— No amount of carping, cajoling, and pouting is going to turn a Boney James fan into a Coltrane convert.
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Blues Bash Music Review: Corey Harris - "Basehead"— Corey Harris' "Basehead" is a laid-back denunciation of hard drugs from the front porch of a Mississippi Delta home.
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Q: Did Chastity Belts Really Exist?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Book Review: The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney— Another chilling adventure with the spook and his young ward!
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DVD Review: Little Britain: The Complete Third Series— They have miraculously managed to bridge the gap between political incorrectness, crude humor, and transvestites.
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Bush in Vietnam— Contested memories of the Vietnam War complicate Iraq policy debate as Bush visits former enemy.
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PS2 Review: The Sims 2 - Pets— The latest installment in the Sims Universe! This game features the ability to own cats and dogs.
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Slow Drivers Bug Me!— If those who drive slow and follow too close are offended, guess what? I don’t give a rip.
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Nintendo DS Review: Lego Star Wars II— A completely different game than the ones you've played through on the home consoles.
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The Trouble with Happiness: Understanding the Difference between Joy and Pleasure— Americans are spending unprecedented amounts of money in their pursuit of happiness, but seem less satisfied than ever. Is
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Movie Review: Casino Royale— Is Daniel Craig the best Bond ever? No, but he's much better the expected.
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A Conversation with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley— One college class would make the difference between becoming a writer and pursuing another career.
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Casino Royale, Happy Feet, Let's go to Prison
— This week James Bond takes on tap-dancing penguins.
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Book Review: Rogue Angel: The Spider Stone by Alex Archer— Here's hoping that Annja and her world continue to grow in breadth and depth, while holding on to the page-turning
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Interview: Interrogating a Woman Who Claims to be Reading War and Peace— Throwing questions at a book-lover who says she is actually reading Leo Tolstoy's greatest and thickest classic.
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An Interview with Author James Buchanan— Why erotic gay romances? "Blunt answer: I like guys."
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Movie Review: Casino Royale (2006) - James Bond Reborn
— We see glimpses of the old Bond, and quite a few beginnings of the later one.
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Dinner With Clint Eastwood - Music By Frankie Laine— Clint Eastwood's new movie, Flags Of Our Fathers, is getting a lot of attention lately...
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Congratulations President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s Raped Women Are Safe Now— By amending the dreaded Hudood laws Pakistani dictator bring dignity to his country’s rape victims.
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Teen Pregnancy: A Father's Story— My daughter was sixteen and pregnant. With love and support, she made her choice, and our lives are richer for
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Music Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live At The Fillmore East March 6 & 7, 1970 (Neil Young Archives - Performance Series)— Neil Young's Archives have landed, and if Live At Fillmore East 1970 is any indication, this is going to be
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Web Video Series Review: Meaning Of Life.TV— Robert Wright's work on this site and series is truly impressive
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TV Review: NCIS - "Once A Hero"— NCIS continues to be the crime scene investigation show that does not take itself too seriously and has more fun
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DVD Review: Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law - Vol. 2— Every time you're like, "This is weeeeeeeird!", take a drink.
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MeeVee Interview with The Office's Brian Baumgartner— ...
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Reality TV Casting Call: Plastic Surgery/Home Improvement Series— ...
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Masters of Horror: Ray Keim of Haunted Dimensions— As part of our Masters of Horror series, this week we interview Ray Keim of Haunted Dimensions.
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When, Not If, For American Withdrawal From Iraq— It was naïve to think all the problems would be solved by the overthrow of Hussein.
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UCLA Student Picks a Fight with Police and Loses— UCLA student picks a fight and gets Tased. Hilarity does not ensue.
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Champaign County Circuit Clerk Publishes Name and Address of Rape Victims on Website— Publishing rape victims names on the web discourages women (and men) from coming forward to report these despicable crimes.
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Music Review - A Duncan Sheik Anthology: Brighter/Later— A compilation sure to awe any Sheik aficionado.
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Movie Review: Bobby— Emilio Estevez puts forth his best effort to deliver one of the year's biggest surprises.
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Theater Review: Whipping It Up at The Bush, West London— This is politics as Machiavellian ping-pong played for laughs.
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Friday Flash: Find It!, The Missile Game, Sheep Dash, Commander Keen— A blast from the past rounds it out, with some 3-D flying, some quick-reaction testing, and brain tricks to demonstrate
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