About

Name: Paul Levinson
Dateline: New York City
Weblog: paullevinson.blogspot.com
Articles: 21
First Published: Friday, April 13, 2007
Last Published: Friday, August 24, 2007
Writer Bio
author, professor, media commentator; tv reviews of 24, Brotherhood, Californication, Dexter, Heroes, Journeymen, Lost, Mad Men, Weeds, The Wire often minutes after the episode ends; novels & nonfiction books published; MySpace
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Currently listing articles 21-1:
  1. The Best Novel You Likely Never Heard Of

    — It would be a crime against the cosmos if this novel were lost to posterity.

    OPINION in Books on August 24, 2007

  2. Book Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, An Early View From New York

    — Highly satisfying, extraordinary ending to an extraordinary series.

    REVIEW in Books on July 23, 2007

  3. A Weeds Refresher: Series Returns to Showtime on August 13

    — The off-beat, hilarious comedy with very serious lessons will be back for its third season in August.

    OPINION in Video on July 12, 2007

  4. TV Review: The Sopranos Or The Tiger? David Chase As Frank Stockton

    — Ambiguous endings can have classic written all over them.

    REVIEW in Video on June 13, 2007

  5. Is Mitt Romney a Cylon?

    — 10 reasons - from how could one person have so many different positions ... to the meaning of "null set"

    SATIRE in Politics on June 07, 2007

  6. TV Review: Lost - Charlie, Underwater Babes, And My Finale Prediction!

    — A major brand-new prediction about the season finale!

    REVIEW in Video on May 17, 2007

  7. Harry Potter And His Refutation Of Illiteracy

    — Hundreds of millions of sales and readers show that critics who think we are living in an illiterate age are wrong.

    OPINION in Books on May 14, 2007

  8. TV Review: Heroes - "Pictures With No Words"

    — Heroes, inscrutable at first, moves towards a climax of searing focus.

    REVIEW in Video on May 09, 2007

  9. TV Review: The Tudors - "Henry's Apothecary"

    — The Tudors fight the sweats, with medicines not all that different from our own.

    REVIEW in Video on May 07, 2007

  10. The First Republican Presidential Debate: Three Of Them Don't Believe In Evolution!

    — The three front-runners did fine - but three others don't believe in evolution!

    OPINION in Politics on May 04, 2007

  11. TV Review: Lost - The Brig of Coincidence

    — There is no way all of those coincidences in the backstories could have occurred to people with no connection other than being on a doomed

    REVIEW in Video on May 03, 2007

  12. TV Review: Heroes - "Five Years Gone"

    — Time travel's tough to tell in any medium. Heroes does it better than most, and in television no less.

    REVIEW in Video on May 02, 2007

  13. Hillary Commands The First Democratic Debate

    — Senator Clinton was the clear victor in last night's debate.

    OPINION in Politics on April 27, 2007

  14. Online Presidential Debates This Fall Could Be As Revolutionary As In 1960

    — the online debates scheduled for this Fall promise a real breakthrough in the democratic process

    OPINION in Politics on April 24, 2007

  15. Fallacies in Scientific Demonstrations of Videogame/Real-Life Violence Connections

    — Experiments fail to measure real-world actions; surveys indicate correlation, not causation.

    OPINION in Gaming on April 21, 2007

  16. John Edwards' Number One Book

    — Edwards' favorite book tells us he loves philosophy and history, and is tolerant of diverse views - rare indeed for a President.

    OPINION in Politics on April 21, 2007

  17. Understanding the Pro-Gun Position

    — Pro-gun people deserve credit exercising responsible use of their firearms.

    OPINION in Politics on April 18, 2007

  18. Another Gun Tragedy - Repeal the Second Amendment

    — Reducing the number of guns could conflict with the Second Amendment - it therefore needs to be repealed.

    OPINION in Politics on April 16, 2007

  19. Imus and The Decline and Fall of Mass Media

    — Recent media soul-searching is not really about Imus. It's about the very survival of mass media in the long run.

    OPINION in Politics on April 15, 2007

  20. Four Fallacies Rampant in Discussions of Imus

    — What Imus said is not comparable to rap lyrics, wrong attacks on Duke lacrosse players, what Coulter says, and is not a First Amendment issue.

    OPINION in Politics on April 14, 2007

  21. Derriere and Bosom on The Tudors: What the FCC Would Bury

    — The Tudors and Rome are joys for senses and as well as intellect; the FCC would leave us just the intellect.

    OPINION in Culture on April 13, 2007

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