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Continue reading →: Obama to Health Secretary: Give visitation rights to partners
Real progress of a sort.
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Continue reading →: Singles 4/8
This week’s singles, ranked on a score of one to ten. “As We Enter” is the kind of fleet-tongued assurance for which I’ve always had a weakness, despite not generally giving a whit about Nas. As for Alex Gardner’s pillowly lips, I gotta admit I have a weakness for one-size-fits-all…
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Continue reading →: Help the aged
Leo McCarey made lots of good movies, most of which show a flair for balletic movement, whether done in the slapstick or high comedic vein (I still haven’t seen the Bing Crosby priest pictures Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary). What’s most striking about Make Way For…
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Continue reading →: Nebraska: Not part of the Union
I don’t often post news like this, but it’s so digusting I couldn’t resist. Nebraska lawmakers on Monday gave final approval to a first-of-its-kind measure requiring women to be screened for possible mental and physical problems before having abortions. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said Thursday he supports the measure, meaning…
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Continue reading →: I love you, Florida
Apparently the Florida legislature assumes that testing equals “achievement.” In a state that depends so heavily on transplants from other parts of the Union, I trust the legislature also understands how difficult it now becomes to woo a teacher from, say, Illinois when she can’t offer a down payment on…
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Continue reading →: Singles 4/7
Note to Big Boi: Please release your album soon. Thank you. Love, Alfred. New Boyz ft. Tyga – Cricketz (8) Big Boi ft. George Clinton and Too Short – Fo Yo Sorrows (7) Elzhi – Deep (6) DJ Khaled ft. T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross and Snoop Dogg – All I…
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Continue reading →: How bad? Not very.
I was disappointed that Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans wasn’t as lurid and purple as last fall’s reviews suggested. Breakdancing corpses and emotive iguanas aside, the only element that distinguishes this from a two-hour episode of “The Wire” is Nicholas Cage’s Death Star forehead (are those hair…
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Continue reading →: Staying focused on the righteous path: The Drive-By Truckers’ “The Big To-Do”
With Mike Cooley down to three songs, including a ballad about a father trying to measure up to the impression of thoughtfulness in which his son has invested, Patterson Hood compensates by writing some of the most stringent songs of his career for the best titles: “The Fourth Night of…
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