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In response to the outcry against his “We Owe the Arabs Nothing” editorial we mentioned a couple of days ago, the BBC has suspended the morning talk show of Robert Kilroy-Silk. What do you expect from the stridently PC BBC, who leave no “oppressed” people uncoddled? The TV presenter said …

Back when I was more liberal and more inclined to be influenced by a dwid in bad glasses, I was a Michael Kinsley fan. But he has been way on the wrong side of the War on Terror, too rabidly anti-Bush without giving him any credit for his successes, and …

Man, that Jim Hoagland is a sensible guy: both extremes are wrong, neither unilateral military action by the U.S. (and allies, which gives new meaning to the term “unilateral”), nor international diplomatic machinations are enough alone to affect that changes we seek: As if to emphasize that new years bring …

Speaking of punk covers (as I was just the other day in regard to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes), I just got in The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show, which is just that: a multiple-artist punky version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I never really warmed to the …

Robert Kilroy-Silk, morning talk show host on BBC1 and former Labor MP, wrote an editorial in the (UK) Sunday Express last Sunday entitled “We Owe the Arabs Nothing” – stink has ensued: The Muslim Council of Britain denounced the BBC discussion show presenter’s piece as a “gratuitous anti-Arab rant”. ….The …

Besides casting further doubt upon the cherished hope many harbor that bin Laden is dead, the latest bin Laden tape has given rise to an interesting critique of the American media by Russ Baker in the LA Times: Well, he’s back. Another audiotape from Osama bin Laden has just been …

Alan Dale is a peerless reviewer and a treasured asset of Blogcritics – his erudition and range of references, which appear to be effortlessly on hand, are staggering. But regarding Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, this time, I do believe he (to be cliched) missed the point. His …

This is what happens when you try to burn through about 1000 CDs that came out in ’03 starting around Christmas: you are behind the curve. But better late than never (I’ll be saying that a lot over the next few weeks). Dressy Bessy’s self-titled CD that came out in …

An underlooked pop-rock great from 2003.

Love him, hate him, serve him straight or on the rocks, come hell or high water the mumbling cowboy will be with us until January ’09 – plan accordingly: A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll Friday through Monday shows that Bush’s courting of conservative Republicans and the brightening picture for economic growth …