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Enviable positions.
March 31, 2014.
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The Naked and the Dead.
March 31, 2014.
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Unhappy Anniversary.
February 28, 2014.
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Frozen in Ideological Time.
February 19, 2014.
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Casualties of War.
February 3, 2014.
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Liberal 2.0.
January 31, 2014.
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The Truth Will Set You Free.
December 31, 2013.
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Truth Wimps Out.
December 31, 2013.
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No ears to this request.
November 30, 2013.
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Historectomies.
November 29, 2013.
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The Dream Team.
October 31, 2013.
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The Heartlessness of the Matter.
October 30, 2013.
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Sanity: an obituary.
September 30, 2013.
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Why They Fight.
September 29, 2013.
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Criminal Elements.
August 11, 2013.
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Reminders of America’s Decline.
July 30, 2013.
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Bases Loaded.
July 29, 2013.
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Theories of Relativity.
June 30, 2013.
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The Mole in Don Draper.
June 29, 2013.
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Speak No Evil.
May 31, 2013.
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Wincing at Cumberbatch.
May 23, 2013.
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Oh, the Irony!.
April 30, 2013.
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As She Likes It.
April 29, 2013.
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The Naked and the Famous.
March 31, 2013.
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Selective Moralism.
March 30, 2013.
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The American Way of War Movies.
March 6, 2013.
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Outrage Against the Machine.
February 28, 2013.
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All That Trash.
February 28, 2013.
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Herb Stein’s Law.
January 31, 2013.
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Unreal Realities.
January 30, 2013.
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Sweet Teeth.
January 25, 2013.
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The Cycle Repeats.
December 31, 2012.
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Get Real.
November 30, 2012.
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Enter Alternative Reality.
November 29, 2012.
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Lexicographic lies.
October 31, 2012.
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The State of Our Nature.
October 31, 2012.
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Wisdom of the Age.
October 1, 2012.
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The Dignity of Scandal. . ..
September 30, 2012.
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All Is Fakery.
September 29, 2012.
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Lionel Asbo.
August 31, 2012.
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Up From the Ruling Class.
August 30, 2012.
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Welcome to Fantasyland.
June 30, 2012.
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Laughing on the Wrong Side.
June 29, 2012.
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Henry and His Wives — Again.
June 8, 2012.
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The Guardians of the Truth?.
May 31, 2012.
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Look Back in Hunger.
May 30, 2012.
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The Echo Chamber.
April 30, 2012.
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What nice girls aren’t.
April 29, 2012.
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Honor Bound.
April 28, 2012.
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The Morality of Normality.
March 31, 2012.
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Pseuds and Artists.
March 28, 2012.
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Progressive Derangements.
February 29, 2012.
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The Left-wing Fantasy.
February 29, 2012.
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Why 3-time Oscar nominee Malick is grossly overrated.
February 23, 2012.
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Rome and Rhetoric.
February 9, 2012.
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Middle Class Gloom Fictionally Dispelled.
February 3, 2012.
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The Nonpartisan Charade.
January 31, 2012.
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The Dawn of Print.
January 30, 2012.
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Scandals Ad Absurdum.
December 31, 2011.
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Behind the Headlines.
December 31, 2011.
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Believing is Seeing.
December 19, 2011.
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Sex, lies and Amanda Knox.
November 30, 2011.
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We’re All Leninists Now.
November 30, 2011.
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A Partisan Memorial.
October 31, 2011.
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Monuments to Lost Meaning.
October 31, 2011.
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Heaven Help Us.
September 30, 2011.
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The Incivility of Civility.
September 30, 2011.
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Cut and dried.
September 7, 2011.
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Can You Wiig It?.
August 25, 2011.
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In Our Bitter World.
June 30, 2011.
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Black Box Controversies.
May 31, 2011.
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Trash Collection.
May 31, 2011.
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Cerebrofacturers.
April 30, 2011.
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Preening to the Converted.
April 30, 2011.
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Man Down.
April 26, 2011.
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Too Stooped to Conquer.
March 31, 2011.
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The Art of Discrimination.
March 30, 2011.
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Madness & the media mind.
February 28, 2011.
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Taking “Offense”.
February 28, 2011.
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Rise of the Trolls.
January 31, 2011.
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Happy Days With Blondie.
January 5, 2011.
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Gag Rulers.
December 31, 2010.
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Legislating the Art World.
November 30, 2010.
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The World’s Greatest Blowhards.
November 30, 2010.
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Bien pensants, maudit peasants.
October 31, 2010.
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Our Norman Rockwell and Theirs.
October 31, 2010.
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In Our Own Right.
September 30, 2010.
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The Pursuit of Happiness.
September 30, 2010.
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Defining a Decade.
September 20, 2010.
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Shockless.
August 19, 2010.
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The Elite Beat.
June 30, 2010.
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Rebels Without a Clue.
June 15, 2010.
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Cut the Blather.
May 31, 2010.
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Getting to Know Miley Cyrus.
May 15, 2010.
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Why They’re Wrong and I’m Right.
April 30, 2010.
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Avatar and the Flight from Reality.
April 29, 2010.
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The Laughs Keep Coming.
April 29, 2010.
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Reality Without Rohmer.
March 31, 2010.
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One or the Other.
March 31, 2010.
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Unhappy is the Land.
February 23, 2010.
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The End of History.
February 23, 2010.
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It’s Only Common Sense.
January 31, 2010.
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Brace Yourself.
January 19, 2010.
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Early Americans.
January 4, 2010.
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Denial of the Obvious.
December 31, 2009.
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Down the Memory Hole.
November 30, 2009.
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An American Tragedy.
November 30, 2009.
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Our Diminished Debate.
October 31, 2009.
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Look At Me.
October 19, 2009.
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A Bias Against Honor.
September 30, 2009.
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Rotten Apples.
September 29, 2009.
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Let The Sky Fall.
September 11, 2009.
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The Triumph of Fantasy.
August 27, 2009.
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Irony Without Irony.
June 30, 2009.
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Reality and the Postmodern Wink.
June 24, 2009.
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Superfluous Kings for Messengers.
May 31, 2009.
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Escaping Ideology.
May 31, 2009.
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“John Had Nothing But Friends”.
May 25, 2009.
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Everybody is Familiar.
April 30, 2009.
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Two Cultures in One.
April 30, 2009.
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We Are All Utopians Now.
April 3, 2009.
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Elite Escapism.
March 31, 2009.
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The Death of Politics.
March 31, 2009.
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The Club of Cool.
February 28, 2009.
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The Mind of the Past.
February 27, 2009.
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Oops! I'll Do It Again. And Again. And Again....
February 27, 2009.
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Honor Among Bankers.
February 9, 2009.
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The Mystification of Change.
January 31, 2009.
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Enemies of the Good.
January 29, 2009.
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The History of an Election.
December 31, 2008.
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Carefully Crafted Narratives.
November 30, 2008.
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The Black Holes of BHL.
November 30, 2008.
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Culture Benders.
November 30, 2008.
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The Choice of Sarah Palin.
October 31, 2008.
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Saying Something Stupid.
October 30, 2008.
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Hollywood’s Hero Deficit.
October 28, 2008.
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Is Stupid Making Us Google? .
October 28, 2008.
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Martian Chronicles.
September 30, 2008.
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Trash Triumphant.
September 29, 2008.
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Getting It.
August 31, 2008.
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In Defense of Snobbery.
August 26, 2008.
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Milton: Better than Shakespeare?.
August 17, 2008.
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Grand Larceny.
June 30, 2008.
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Smear Tactics.
May 31, 2008.
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The Shock is Over.
May 31, 2008.
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Blurring the Lines.
April 30, 2008.
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Remember to Laugh.
April 30, 2008.
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Defining Definitions Down.
April 26, 2008.
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Rock-Star Status.
March 31, 2008.
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No Room for the Gentleman Amateur.
March 28, 2008.
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A New Kind of Right.
March 25, 2008.
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Nerd Do-Wells.
February 29, 2008.
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A Kick in the Pants.
February 29, 2008.
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Samurai Sage.
February 3, 2008.
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Sense of Superiority.
January 31, 2008.
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Among the Mad Simpletons.
January 30, 2008.
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Clooney Tunes.
December 31, 2007.
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Heroism, Modernism and the Utopian Impulse.
December 14, 2007.
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Ken Burns’s War.
November 30, 2007.
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Losing Sight of History.
November 29, 2007.
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Right Wing Fantasy.
October 31, 2007.
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A Public Blogging.
October 31, 2007.
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The Hero Vanishes.
September 30, 2007.
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Gotta Get a Gimmick. . ..
September 30, 2007.
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Making it Official.
August 27, 2007.
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The Liberationist Myth.
June 30, 2007.
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Getting it Right?.
June 30, 2007.
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Rule Britannia?.
May 31, 2007.
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End of Story.
May 30, 2007.
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Our Childless Dystopia.
May 21, 2007.
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Feared, Loved, Ridiculed.
May 10, 2007.
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Mister Libby to You.
April 30, 2007.
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He Wore a Yellow Stripe.
April 29, 2007.
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Making Much of Thomas Hardy’s Well-Beloved.
April 23, 2007.
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Time on the Cross of Hype.
March 31, 2007.
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Slaves to Moral Self-Congratulation.
March 29, 2007.
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Death of a Hero.
March 26, 2007.
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We Vote for Brand X.
February 28, 2007.
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Eastwoodian Aftermaths.
February 26, 2007.
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American Dreamer.
February 9, 2007.
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How Hollywood Lost Its Romantic Groove.
February 9, 2007.
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Delusions of “Reality”.
January 31, 2007.
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Conventional Cuts.
January 29, 2007.
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Biased Sensationalism.
December 31, 2006.
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A New Era in Scandalology.
November 30, 2006.
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What's the Story?.
November 29, 2006.
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Crockumentaries.
October 31, 2006.
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Versions of the Truth.
October 31, 2006.
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The Silly Season.
September 30, 2006.
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Passion Without Reason.
September 26, 2006.
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Past the Political, to the Healing and Rebuilding.
September 11, 2006.
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Cheap Laughs.
August 31, 2006.
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Blockbuster Banality.
August 25, 2006.
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A Clone's Lament.
August 25, 2006.
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We Don't Need Another Superhero.
August 11, 2006.
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Absent at the Creation.
July 31, 2006.
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Forever Young.
June 30, 2006.
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Press Permeations.
June 18, 2006.
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Judas Makes a Comeback.
May 31, 2006.
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Finding it in a Movie.
May 30, 2006.
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Entry Points.
May 12, 2006.
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A Plague of Scandals.
April 30, 2006.
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Humanized Without Honor.
April 25, 2006.
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Writer's Block.
April 22, 2006.
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Warlord Rules.
March 31, 2006.
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If It’s Not Brokeback, Fix It.
March 30, 2006.
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Condescending Respect.
February 28, 2006.
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Spielberg Stress Disorder.
February 27, 2006.
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The Field of Honor.
January 31, 2006.
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On Sex and Violence.
January 31, 2006.
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The Hollywood Turkey Farm.
January 7, 2006.
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In Defense of Cover-Ups.
December 31, 2005.
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Manicheanism à la Mode.
November 30, 2005.
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All McKinneys Now.
October 31, 2005.
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Feeling Nothing.
October 30, 2005.
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Professors in Trouble.
October 15, 2005.
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The Plame Game.
September 30, 2005.
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Talking Dirty.
September 30, 2005.
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An All-American Scottish Wit.
September 2, 2005.
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What “Objectivity”?.
August 31, 2005.
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Star Turns.
August 31, 2005.
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A Noble Mêlée.
August 17, 2005.
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Bioethics at the Movies.
July 18, 2005.
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Rosebud-Hunting.
July 12, 2005.
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Bottled Whines.
May 31, 2005.
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Marketplace Morality.
May 31, 2005.
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Unparalleled Propaganda.
May 6, 2005.
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Responding Unkind.
April 30, 2005.
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American Propaganda.
April 29, 2005.
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The Real African Queen.
April 27, 2005.
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'Style' Section Politics.
March 31, 2005.
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Midsize Man.
March 28, 2005.
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The Faith of a Critic.
March 6, 2005.
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Showing That You Care.
February 28, 2005.
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Screening the Iraq War.
February 18, 2005.
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The Inexhaustible Adaptability of Jane Austen.
February 11, 2005.
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Is it time to pay attention to Oscar?.
January 26, 2005.
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Oh Yeah? Says Who?.
January 14, 2005.
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Cutting Moral Corners.
December 31, 2004.
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Outraged Intellectuals.
November 30, 2004.
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Hoosier Heathen.
November 30, 2004.
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Rhetorical Recklessness.
October 31, 2004.
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Suffering Kerry.
October 31, 2004.
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The Daily Dodge.
October 22, 2004.
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Smug Self-righteousness.
September 30, 2004.
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The Summer of their Discontent.
September 29, 2004.
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Movie Memories.
September 9, 2004.
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Weapons of Mass Distortion.
September 2, 2004.
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Husbands and Wives.
August 31, 2004.
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The Sense of an Ending.
August 23, 2004.
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Not Made Up But Unmade.
June 30, 2004.
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Obligations to "Spin".
May 31, 2004.
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Virgin Flight.
May 31, 2004.
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Contemplating Homer, Tony, Buffy, George. . ..
May 28, 2004.
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“Root-causeism” and electability.
April 30, 2004.
|
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Why Not be Anti-Semiotic?.
April 30, 2004.
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Post-Cold War Propaganda.
March 31, 2004.
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Bad Faith, Common Currency.
March 31, 2004.
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Unisex at the Multiplex.
February 29, 2004.
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Beast-Man Politics.
February 29, 2004.
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The Mountains of Instead.
January 31, 2004.
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A Sharp Eye and a Sharp Tongue.
January 15, 2004.
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My Top Ten Movies of 2003.
January 5, 2004.
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The Story the Media Missed.
December 31, 2003.
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Pulp Garbage.
November 30, 2003.
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The Culture of Mistrust.
November 30, 2003.
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The Wages of Spin.
October 31, 2003.
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Adult Movies.
October 31, 2003.
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Scandalous scandal-culture.
September 23, 2003.
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Murder Most Foul.
August 8, 2003.
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Breaking the Code.
July 31, 2003.
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Spurious Objectivity.
July 21, 2003.
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Superior to the Truth.
May 15, 2003.
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Rather Not.
April 15, 2003.
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Contending With Tragedy, Angling for Dollars.
April 1, 2003.
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Himalayan Self-Righteousness.
March 14, 2003.
|
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Confidence Motion.
February 19, 2003.
|
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"Media Bias" Revisited.
January 15, 2003.
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The Death of Criticism.
January 7, 2003.
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My Top Ten of 2002.
January 3, 2003.
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. . .The Second Time as Farce.
January 1, 2003.
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Shooting for Literary Immortality.
December 10, 2002.
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The Scandal Lobby.
November 12, 2002.
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Remembering the So Few.
November 11, 2002.
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Life of the Parody.
October 11, 2002.
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Debating Iraq.
October 4, 2002.
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The Aristocracy of Feelings.
September 9, 2002.
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The Historian as Futurologist.
September 9, 2002.
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Be Yourself, Get Into College.
September 6, 2002.
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Teaching the Gorillas.
August 10, 2002.
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Taking Ourselves Seriously.
June 4, 2002.
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Objectively Helpful.
May 1, 2002.
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Home Truths.
April 26, 2002.
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The Day the Music Died.
April 22, 2002.
|
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The Paranoid Style in American Journalism.
April 1, 2002.
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American Journalism Not In Peril Enough.
March 27, 2002.
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He's a Rebel.
March 26, 2002.
|
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George Bush as Strewwelpeter.
March 15, 2002.
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We're Taking a Poll on How Bright You Are. . ..
March 6, 2002.
|
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Burn, Bernie, Burn.
February 1, 2002.
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Second Thoughts on Women’s Suffrage.
January 7, 2002.
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After the Terrorists, the Worryists.
November 15, 2001.
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The Warden of English.
November 7, 2001.
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The Language of Catastrophe .
October 29, 2001.
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Towers of Intellect.
October 5, 2001.
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Bring Back the Duel.
October 1, 2001.
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Chandrology.
September 1, 2001.
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The Graduates.
May 17, 1999.
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Another tome of Oxfordian balderdash about the Bard.
June 22, 1997.
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