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5/9/09
BEAM ME DOWN A SCRIPT, SCOTTY!
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Mr. Scott: I need a script. Now! I’m an admitted Star Trek Sucker. Most folks think the first Star Trek film was a bore. Not me; I still r...
5/8/09
IT TAKES A THIEF
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I got ripped off this week. In the time it took me to walk from my university office, use the bathroom three doors away, and return, someone...
5/6/09
V for Vendetta
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Scores of films appropriate ideas from elsewhere, reassemble them, and try to pass them off as interesting. Most are the equivalent of ba...
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5/3/09
FOR PETE'S SAKE
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May 3, 2009 —Pete Seeger turned ninety today. He’s robust for his age, but his voice has been shot for decades and neither his music nor his...
4/29/09
ARLEN SPECTER'S GHOSTS
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Will this man's decision haunt the Democratic Party? Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter rocked the political world on April 28 when he b...
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4/23/09
JEWELL'S NEW JEWELL
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EILEN JEWELL Sea of Tears Signature 2021 Eilen Jewell’s latest is a delightful throwback to rock’s Age of Innocence, a time in which a lyric...
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4/20/09
THE DIGGERS AND DEAD WERE WRONG
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An odd thing happened recently: while I was teaching a class at the University of Massachusetts, a student was served with a subpoena for il...
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