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• Oscars show disconnect between art, box office

  Mon Feb 27, 2012
  • I'd say the Cohen Bros version of True Grit was decidedly better than the original! While this was not a particularly strong year for film, the ones nominated are certainly not emblematic of the problems Hollywood has drawing audiences. Another Spiderman reboot, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

• Oscars show disconnect between art, box office

  Mon Feb 27, 2012
  • I try to watch all the major films up for awards. I have no problem with lesser known movies being nominated and winning big at the Oscars, but The Artist, while a nice flick, entertaining, funny in spots, is a trifle. It's not an important film, it doesn't say much about the human experience.

• Cracker Barrel founder Dan Evins dead at 76

  Mon Jan 16, 2012
  • Let's discriminate against an African American to honor this great man's life! I gain two pounds just thinking about CB's chix-n-dumplings!!!

• Airline perks worth paying for

  Fri Jul 8, 2011
  • Someone mentioned flights are cheaper now than in the 70s. True enough, but like so many other things that are cheaper now, the joy is gone. The flight used to be a part of the trip that was anticipated. Now it is dreaded.

• Does English teacher Natalie Munroe deserve to be suspended for blog posts in which she called her young students 'disengaged, lazy whiners'?

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • Keep speaking truth to entitled punks, Nat!

• Would you take a sabbatical from work?

  Tue Jan 18, 2011
  • Actually, the Bush Bubble economy gave me a seven month sabbatical I didn't ask for, so I'm good, thanks.

• Vote: Weigh in on Palin's reaction

  Wed Jan 12, 2011
  • Giffords is Jewish and rightly warned about the danger of violent, angry rhetoric and imagery when the crosshairs map first appeared.

• Do U.S. businesses risk losing legitimacy if they continue to boost hiring overseas?

  Tue Dec 28, 2010
  • Asia's middle class are poor by US standards . Multinationals are driving US wages down to subsistence levels w/ help from the Repugs.

• Wealth gap becomes chasm at Christmas

  Thu Dec 16, 2010
  • Well done for your dad, Joe. I'm glad that he found a dignified job in the government. I certainly didn't expect he would have gotten his old job back, but now I ask you: Was his unemployment his fault for not having a college degree?

• Wealth gap becomes chasm at Christmas

  Thu Dec 16, 2010
  • Just answer the question, Joe. You aren't ashamed to, are you? Your father's subsequent career doesn't weaken your contention that the unemployed have themselves primarily to blame does it?