BOOKS
From Books Editor Natalie Bennett:Often Blogcritics come and go, but it is always lovely to see old faces back again, so welcome back to a former Books Editor, DrPat, who this week recommended The Secret Life of Dust. It is a brilliant example of how to use short sentences crisply and effectively. See!
TV/FILM
From TV Editor Joan Hunt:PBS' AIDS Documentary Online by TeevBlogger focuses on an important show from PBS about AIDS, and how PBS has put the show in the hands of even more viewers by offering it up online. Kudos to PBS for embracing the new frontier!
TV Review: *The Apprentice 5* - Season Finale by Jackie
Damn the Donald for making me watch yet another season of his show! And Damn
"the Jackie" for making her piece more exciting than the show's finale. While we'll never know who earned more money in the final task, I know I'll be counting on Jackie to keep me up to date on all the other details on all my favorite shows, including Season 6 of The Apprentice.
From Film Editor Erin McMaster:
Ken Molay provides a glimpse into what proves to be a historically informative and cinematically interesting movie, The Harmonists.
From Executive Producer Eric Berlin:
Movie Review: Mazes and Monsters by Aaron Fleming
Aaron Fleming has a delightfully playful way with words, and delving into Tom Hanks' ancient filmic past (Mazes and Monsters, the venerable actor's first leading feature role) makes for a joyfully raucous ride.
CULTURE
From Culture Editor Diana Hartman:Buried only by the fading memory and interest of the rest of the country, the destruction of Hurricane Katrina is still a stark reality for the Gulf region's population. JP's Going Home illustrates a devastating picture of what remains and what hope there might be for the future.
From Editor Gordon Hauptfleisch:
In his vigorous and beautifully-written commemoration of D-Day, Rick Moran in A Word About Courage not only finds occasion to remind us that real courage is a “sacrifice or a willingness to give all that one has for a cause greater than oneself,” his article also serves as an insistent corrective to its “base and cavalier” modern-day distortion as “a congratulatory epithet, a hollowed out expression of empty promise and insincerity.”
POLITICS
From Asst. Politics Editor Mark Schannon:U.S. Accused of "Habitually" Attacking Iraqi Civilians, by Eric Berlin
Horrifying account of continuing stupidity.
Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
thanks very much connie & dj. as i said to somebody in private, i would bow and/or curtsy, but yesterday's two-hour lawn mowing marathon has me feeling all of my years today.
hopefully, my pencil still works.
2 - gonzo marx
congrats to all those who got picked!!!
side note: et tu, Mark me boyo?
/sniffles
always a bridesmaid, never a bride...my purty prose overlooked once more
i'll be over here eating worms
Excelsior?
3 - Aaron Fleming
Thanks for the nod, a salute!
4 - Mary K. Williams
Gonzo -
If they resurrected the Comments of the Day, I'm sure you'd have that all sewed up! : )
Congrats to all my boys (I feel like such a House Mother)
And congrats to the rest too!
5 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Thanks, Lisa!
6 - Jackie
Thank you for the pick, Joan! I just hope I'm not "dammed for all time." Or, if I am, it's in this manner only. ;-)