- Monday, April 16, 2007 — 55 Articles Published
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Barry Bonds: Baseball May Get The Home Run King It Deserves— Barry Bonds is going to break Hank Aaron's home run record. Does baseball share responsibility for the steroid controversy?
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Globalization And The International Monetary Fund— No country should be made to sacrifice its future to receive help in the present.
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Book Review: Magdalene Rising - The Beginning by Elizabeth Cunningham— Young Magdalen and Jesus find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death.
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Muddying Media Coverage— Washington spin doctors don't need to try muddying media coverage. The press is doing it anyway.
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In Oprah's Defense— Many celebrities squander their fortunes, yet no one complains about excess.
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Lessons From Painful Experiences— As a rule, pain is temporary.
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Q: What’s the Greatest PR-Related Stunt Involving e-Bay?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Movie Review: Slow Burn— It dives into the deep end of the identity pool, but hits its head on the rocks when it tries
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The Early Word: New Books for the Week of April 15, 2007— Tolkein, Bernard Goldberg, Crazies and Wimps, the other Higgins Clark, "Galveston oh Galveston..." and then some...
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DVD Review: Phantasm - The Anchor Bay Collection— This is one hell of a scary film.
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Don Imus and The Language of Race— Don Imus' comment has opened the conversation on race. Maybe we should look at the language instead.
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The Fall of Imus and the Culture of the Unforgiving— Don Imus' firing reveals a greater sickness in our society.
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A Tale of Two Reverends— Sharpton and Jackson's position on Imus and the infiltration of gangsta rap into mainstream society is a paradox.
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Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Ambushed!— Lorenzo's plans go wrong. Will he be the next one to be ambushed?
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It Makes No Difference Who You Are: Disney Welcomes You Home— My daughter's excitement and happiness made me realize this is what vacationing is about. Crowds, no matter how large, were
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Music Review: Son Volt - The Search— Jay Farrar's Son Volt 2.0 delivers a great album that pushes the boundaries of the band's sound.
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Movie Review: Perfect Stranger— All you need to know is revealed in the final ten minutes.
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Record Labels First, Artists Second— Honestly thou, what choice does an artist have when they have a label on them?
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TV Review: Nova - "First Flower"— Nova goes on a race around the world to find the first flower.
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Gemini Has Complex Boyfriend With Unhappy Childhood: Astrology-Based Advice— Dear Elsa, At the beginning of this year I met a guy.
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Movie Review: Disturbia— What Disturbia did was entertain the heck out of me for a solid 104 minutes from start to finish.
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Banff World Television Festival Announces Rockie Award Nominees— The festival gathers industry insiders for panels and pitching.
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DVD Review: Spongebob Squarepants Friend or Foe— Funny episodes and nice extras make this a DVD to have for Spongebob fans.
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Movie Review: The Namesake— A beautiful story of self-discovery and the blending of cultures.
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Music Review: Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price - Last Of The Breed— A great collection from some of country music's most honored and appreciated stars, still doing their thing and doing it
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Music Review: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - In The Palace Of The King— You can't go wrong with the latest from the legend and master; the godfather of British blues.
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DVD Review: 3 Needles— Poor directing and confusing messages ultimately sabotage this film's good intentions.
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Forgotten series: Dizzy Gillespie— People told him those bullfrog cheeks would ruin his playing. The embouchure, very important.
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Music Reviews: Burn, Circus, Mullets Rock, David Surcamp and Void— ...
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Indignation Hos Lynch Don Imus— This crucifixion by the Rutgers team and their pimps was absolutely malicious and far worse than anything Imus did.
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Enter to Win: Tori Amos' American Doll Posse— Here's your chance to win a copy of Tori Amos' new album!
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Philly Film Fest Day Ten: VHS Is Alive and Well and Living in Tunisia— Vengeful spirits, mind control and stuffed animals. Sadly, not all in the same movie.
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Movie Review: Disturbia— Rear Window for the teen set.
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DVD Review: Super Troopers— I'm telling you right meow, you've got to check out this movie.
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TV With MeeVee: Primtime Picks for Monday, April 16— ...
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Philly Film Fest Day Eleven: Flawed Men and the Women Who Love Them— Two very different takes on loving the unlovable.
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Quinn Simons: A Man Who Won't Give Up— The best lessons and the strongest motivations come from devastating experiences in life.
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DSLR review: Canon EOS 30D— Would I purchase one if I were in the market? Absolutely. Given its features and price, you can't go wrong
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Virginia Tech Shooting: 33 Dead, 29 Injured— This is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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TV Review: Doctor Who - "Gridlock"— Unlike Gareth Roberts’ “The Shakespeare Code” but like Russell’s “Smith and Jones”, some parts work when others don't.
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Another Gun Tragedy - Repeal the Second Amendment— Reducing the number of guns could conflict with the Second Amendment - it therefore needs to be repealed.
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Music Review: hey Negrita - We Are Catfish & The Buzz Above— Check out these two album by the UK's hey Negrita
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Apple Unveils New Final Cut and The Daily Music and Tech News— Final Cut Studio, Gavin Rossdale and Minus the Bear in Today's Music and Tech News Update
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I Smell Boiling Frogs— Our modern Cassandras (Huxley, Orwell, Gilliam) have it nailed - the water is boiling. Is it too late to
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Stumbling into the Future— So many of us are sitting at that great big T-intersection of life.
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Arnold and Pimp My Ride Save The World This Earth Day— The Governator and Xzibit save the world.
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Music Review: Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda— Hancock's first foray into crossover jazz retained much of the integrity of his classic Blue Note records.
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Music Review: Pam Tillis - Rhinestoned— Her instantly recognizable voice owns the time-honored heartbroken lyrics.
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A Decade of U.S. School Killings - A Parallel to Fritz Lang's M— I can't help but see our ten-year spate of school killings as reflective of our own American culture's increasing fragmentation.
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In Defense of Television— Are you sure the problem is with the medium and not, say, the choice of programming?
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The Last King of Scotland, Notes on a Scandal, The Venture Bros. - Season Two: Region 1 DVD Releases for April 17, 2007— This week, three Oscar-nominated performances in two films.
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TV Review: Watching Raines - Or Not— People won't give up a repeat to try something new?
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Movie Review: Red Road— Winner of the 2006 Cannes Grand Jury Prize and an armful of Scottish BAFTA awards.
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Book Review: Survival of the Sickest - A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince— The authors look at disease through the lens of evolution, asking, "if evolution is all about survival, why would it
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Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Ghostly Aftermaths
— Alan's ghost shared bedroom secrets while Spinelli tried to make sure Stone Cold didn't miss his child's birth.
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