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Monday, December 3, 2007

Monday Night on the Tube

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The hemi-season finale of Heroes -- or the full-season finale if the writers' strike doesn't get settled -- reminded me oddly of wh...

Burn, Baby, Burn

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This review appeared recently in the Dallas Morning News. Other critics liked this novel more than I did, but I think I made my case against...

Honorees Among Thieves

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I had to laugh this morning when I saw the photograph of the Kennedy Center honorees in the balcony next to George and Laura. They included ...
Sunday, December 2, 2007

Anyone Have a Can Opener?

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I watched most of Tin Man on the SciFi channel tonight, and haven't made up my mind about it yet. The Oz books were what I had as a kid...

The Critic at Leisure

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The thing about this book-reviewing gig is that you don't get to read for pleasure -- I mean, to read books you don't have to write ...
Saturday, December 1, 2007

Stegner in Saudi Arabia

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This review recently appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and the Houston Chronicle. (After the review appeared, the Washington Post repor...

A Life in the Funny Pages

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This review recently appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle SCHULZ AND PEANUTS: A Biography By David Michaelis Harper, 688 pp., $34.95 In a...

A Bumpy Life

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This review recently appeared in the Washington Post Book World DARK VICTORY: The Life of Bette Davis By Ed Sikov Henry Holt, 496 pp., $30 R...

Of Nukes and Neocons

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This review recently appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and the Houston Chronicle ARSENALS OF FOLLY: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race ...

How Jesse Unruh Kept Things Ticking

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This review recently appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle BIG DADDY: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics By Bill Boyarsky Universit...