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A Fond, Spoiler-Free Farewell to Person of Interest, a Science Fiction Tour de Force Disguised as a CBS Crime Drama
First of all, I’m a Bad Robot fan, and I’m proud of it. For those who don’t know, Bad Robot is a film and television production company owned by producer, writer, and director J.J. Abrams. It’s been responsible for shows such as Alias and Lost and films like Super 8, Cloverfield, and the new Star
The Problem with Hillary Clinton and the DNC
A funny thing happened on the way to Hillary Clinton’s presumptive nomination as the Democrat candidate for president: most Democrats don’t seem to care that her likely nomination was obtained by highly questionable means. During the primaries, there were many well-documented instances of voter suppression and fraud on the part if the DNC, under the
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The Donald Scares the Hell Out of Me
Donald Trump scares the hell out of me, and I’m not just talking about his hair. When “The Donald” first announced his presidential aspirations I, like a lot of people, laughed him off as a joke, a sideshow. Well, the circus has come to town and The Donald is its ringmaster. His rise to the
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A New Definition of “Community”
News pundits, politicians, teachers, and parents all report that the upcoming generation will grow into a world where the Internet and social media have fractured and divided communities into mass groups of isolated individuals. The likely truth is that we have reached a point that surpasses all others in recent memory in terms of community,
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Jon Stewart’s Comedy Tree
In sports there are many references to coaching trees. Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, and Phil Jackson are examples of successful head coaches who mentored assistant coaches who then went on to be successful themselves. Comedy has its own version of the coaching tree; let’s call it the comedy tree. Exhibit A is Sid Caesar’s Your
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