With five episodes to go we are getting the best we could possible expect from series creator and executive producer Vince Gilligan, from an amazing cast, and powerful stories from terrific writers.
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50th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Speech – Why the Dream Can No Longer Be Deferred
It is necessary and compelling that the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored on the 50th anniversary of his famous speech, but now we have to go about continuing the process.
Read More »Linda Ronstadt Has Parkinson’s Disease and Can No Longer Sing
To hear that Linda is sick and can no longer sing is like a little death. How can the world lose such a voice and not mourn the silence?
Read More »Common Core Wars: Education Official Mimics Babe Ruth – Chances Are She Will Strike Out
Schools chancellor Tisch sounds more like New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan promising a Super Bowl victory than the Yankees icon the Babe promising a home run.
Read More »Sid Bernstein Dies at 95: Instrumental in Putting Mania and Beatles Together
It is no stretch to say that until Bernstein actually started promoting Beatles, people on this side of the pond thought that Beatles were just bugs.
Read More »Al Jazeera America Debuts – Why News Network Deserves A Chance
If AJAM is true to what it proposes to do (less opinion, less yelling, and fewer celebrity sightings than other channels), then it will be a refreshing alternative to CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and just about every local news station.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Breaking Bad’ – Dead and “Buried”
“Buried” certainly answers some questions but also creates many more in the process, and that has been the Breaking Bad formula all along, which proves that chemistry can be more entertaining than we ever realized in high school.
Read More »Common Core Wars – A 1912 Exam Reminds Us How Far We Have Fallen
A test like this one elucidates the obvious – most high school and college graduates could not pass it, never mind our current eighth graders.
Read More »Major League Baseball to Implement Instant Replay Challenge – Why It’s Not Good for the Game
All of you MLB fans who longed for this moment, be careful what you wished for.
Read More »Why All College Students Should Be English Majors
All colleges and universities should mandate that every student declare a dual major – English and something else of their choice.
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