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In Character: Actors Acting by Howard Schatz
May 11, 2026Imagine 32 famous actors looking you straight in the eye and flirting with you. (Marlee Matlin!...
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The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes by Caleb Carr
May 11, 2026Those writers whom the gods would destroy, they first tempt into trying to imitate another writer...
Environment
The Hundredth Meridian by Chilton Williamson
May 11, 2026Chilton Williamson definitely cares about the West. Every essay in his collection The Hundredth Meridian –...
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James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler
May 10, 2026Author John Seigenthaler has written an interesting and informative biography of the eleventh president of the...
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How Israel Lost: The Four Questions
May 10, 2026There’s an old saying among the Jews that goes something along the lines of: we don’t...
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Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream
May 10, 2026But rather than trace the rise of the institution of eating, Fagone focuses on the eaters...
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Henry Adams and the Making of America by Garry Wills
May 10, 2026In Adams, Wills has chosen a slippery, famously evasive subject. Henry Adams (1838-1918) was an eccentric,...
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Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles
May 10, 2026Oh, no—the cry is almost involuntary—not another Beatles book! What more could anyone possibly say? The...
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History
Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding
May 10, 2026Study of the American founding fathers has become a hothouse industry. The capacity of the American...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward – by Charlyne Berens
May 9, 2026Some less than exhaustive research suggests that this book is a first: a campaign biography published...
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The Essential Grizzly – The Mingled Fates of Men and Bears – by Doug Peacock and Andrea Peacock
May 9, 2026The style of this book is intriguing. Doug has written several short stories, called Portraits, based...
Sociology
Hannah Coulter – by Wendell Berry
May 8, 2026There was a time, not many decades ago, that most of America’s population labored on family...
Art
The Dawn of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
May 8, 2026The statue is nicknamed “The Lady of Brussels” because its home museum is in Belgium. It...
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House Recap: ‘The C-Word’ (Season 8, Episode 19)
May 8, 2026That wasn’t as bad as I feared. Wilson’s alive (for now) and it looks like next...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Charley Varrick, #78
May 8, 2026Few filmgoers noticed Charley Varrick when it came out in 1973. After all, The Godfather, that...
Blog-Music
Album review: Deuce’s Nine Lives
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Humor
In the Therapist’s Chair: Kingdom Hearts and Minecraft
May 7, 2026What makes video games brutal is often their most basic premise. If you think too long...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “At the Codfish Ball” (Season 5, Episode 7)
May 7, 2026Sunday’s Mad Men was a bit of a doozie, and I’m late to the ball due...
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Dance
Five Questions with Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Christopher Stowell
May 7, 2026We have created a lean, but very powerful group of artists with an incredible work ethic...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Fez
May 7, 2026While not completely original (Paper Mario and Echochrome both used similar mechanics) the concept has never...
Fiction Reviews
No Man’s Dog: A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery – by Jon A. Jackson
May 15, 2026In No Man’s Dog Jon Jackson weaves a curious juxtaposition between his long-time hero “Fang” Mulheisen,...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Post Mortem’ (Season 8, Episode 20)
May 4, 2026So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...
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House Recap: ‘The C-Word’ (Season 8, Episode 19)
May 8, 2026That wasn’t as bad as I feared. Wilson’s alive (for now) and it looks like next...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Holding On’ (Season 8, Episode 21)
May 1, 2026Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have...
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)
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The Killing Recap: Keylela (Season 2, Episode 7)
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The Office Recap: Free Family Portrait Studio (Season 8, Episode 24)
May 3, 2026A recap/review of The Office: Family Free Portrait Studio (Season 8, Episode 24)
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