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Question Never Asked of Lance Armstrong — or Oprah

by John January 21, 2013

UPDATE: I am trying to make a media inquiry with Discovery Networks about this.  I am trying to register with the site as we speak.  Any suggestions or connections to Discovery, pass them on to me here.  Stay tuned. ORIGINAL POST: It’s clear that Lance Armstrong faces financial consequences for admitting doping. But here’s the […]

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Manti Te’o: My Take

by John January 21, 2013

I think Manti Te’o is telling the truth. We should know more soon.  He will be talking as will his alleged hoaxster. Here’s why I think he is not lying.  Granted, I could be wrong. First, kids of his age communicate through texting, email, and social media. Second, he is a religious kid and he […]

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Scarborough Redeems Himself: O’Malley Question

by John January 21, 2013

I just lampooned Joe Scarborough for his stupid question about Obama saying, “I did it.” But kudos to Scarborough for going after Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley for not answering a simple question about Medicare and Medicaid. Scarborough plainly asked if O’Malley, if he became president, would tell people that Medicare and Medicaid will cost more […]

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Really! He Makes A Self-Deprecating Joke And You Find Fault

by John January 21, 2013

  After Obama takes the oath of office, he is accused by right-wingers including Joe Scarborough of saying, “I did it.” The inference from these unthinking agitators was that Obama was talking about how great he is and how he, as a black man, did it again.  He won re-election. In reality, Obama was joking […]

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Django: Film Review; And Questions About the Reviewer, Me

by John January 20, 2013

I get what Tarantino was trying to say, but not the way he’s saying it. Still, I wonder if my review here is loaded with my biases; biases you need to examine as well.  So feel free to rip me here because I think there are a few double standards. I can’t recommend Django.   Usually […]

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Torture Question Should Be Bigger

by John January 13, 2013

  Here’s my take on torture in the wake of my review of the film Zero Dark Thirty. I’m going to sound like Donald Rumsfeld here.  I am against it — except when I am for it. Idealistically, we should be against it, but in reality, we can’t go to a gunfight with a squirt […]

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Zero Dark Thirty: Movie Review

by John January 13, 2013

Zero Dark Thirty is worth seeing.  It’s good movie-making. And it will make you look at the issue of torture in a post 9/11 world. I’ll riff on torture in another post. Here are my take-aways from the film. Jessica Chastain proves again she is becoming the next Meryl Streep. The film follows closely what […]

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Jefferson by Meacham: A Book Review

by John January 9, 2013

  The best way to judge an historical biography is your emotions at the end of the book.  As I ended Jon Meacham’s Tom Jefferson: The Art of Power, I was grieving. In my head, Jefferson had just died and was laid to rest at Monticello.  I felt the same way after reading McCullough’s John […]

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Yes, Tea Partiers Are Whackadoos. What It Says About The Rest of Us

by John January 5, 2013

  What a week for Democrats.  The House GOP finally agreed over New Year’s to a stop-gap measure on the Washington-created fiscal cliff.  Then the Republicans pissed on the Corn Flakes of Sandy victims by not taking up disaster relief – until days later. It looked like The House GOP was doing the work of […]

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What Tom Brokaw Failed To Say About Our Gerrymandered Media

by John December 31, 2012

  On yesterday’s Meet The Press, Tom Brokaw said that one of the main problems leading to the fiscal cliff is gerrymandering. He pointed out that 75% of the Congressional districts are gerrymandered – allowing 3 out of 4 elected officials to remain safe and therefore the elected officials have no reason to take a […]

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