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Ten Twilight Zone Episodes to Watch Right Now
With neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville and Boston, a President who grows more insane by the day, and a peninsular totalitarian state finally creating successful nuclear weapons, it’s time to have another look at possibly the most influential dramatic TV series of all time, ...read more
Despite Criticism, New Art Forms Embraced by the Kennedy Center Honors Are a Breath of Fresh Air
I love the Kennedy Center Honors. I love its devotion to artists, and watching those inspired by them pay tribute. The last eight years we were blessed to have a President who took an active interest in the arts, and Melissa Ethridge’s performance of “Born to Run” for Bruce ...read more
Discussion Thread: Is Breaking Bad The Best Television Series Ever?
Very serious topic folks. As our own Chez Pazienza wrote last week, episode 14 of Season 5's 'Breaking Bad' was 'A perfectly formed, flawlessly executed hour of television'. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more intense, episode 15, 'Granite State' aired Sunday night ...read more
Walter White Isn't Black-and-White
*** Breaking Bad Spoilers Ahead *** If you caught Sunday's episode of Breaking Bad you know how great it was. If you didn't, you've probably been regaled online with paeans to its greatness. Basically, all the seemingly hyperbolic praise that's been heaped upon it isn't ...read more
Debating Conservatives and Libertarians on Sexism and Food Stamps
I was on the Thom Hartmann show last Friday debating Obama's speech on the student debt crisis, Fox "News" Contributor Erick Erickson's sexist comments, and the Republican push to cut food stamps. I squared off against Libertarian commentator Marc Harrold and Republican Dutch ...read more
My Epic Row With a Tea Party Activist and a Libertarian
I was on 'The Big Picture' with Thom Hartmann last night, getting into it with Tea Party activist Kris Ullman and Libertarian Patrick Hedger of 'Freedomworks'. We discussed the Benghazi conspiracy theories, Nancy Pelosi, the Republican's disastrous immigrant outreach strategy, ...read more
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Winter is Coming... Or is it Already Here?
This weekend sees the return of HBO's epic television series Game of Thrones. Those who are still uninitiated in the wheeling-and-dealings of the Seven Kingdoms must look upon their friends' excited talk of 'the Dothraki' or 'the Night's Watch' with a mix of confusion and ...read more
"Girls": The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
By Chez Pazienza: Let's start with the obvious: HBO's new series Girls isn't for me. What I mean by that is that I'm not its target audience. I'm not a millennial; I'm not female; I'm not a Brooklyn hipster who's perpetually drowning in his or her own insufferable ennui; I don't ...read more
House Beats DTV Delay
Good. Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 — leaving the current Feb. 17 deadline intact for now. The 258-168 vote failed to clear the ...read more
Delaying The DTV Transition Is Stupid
Here, you can add this as the first thing I disagree with the Obama administration on. We have had this deadline for years now. The amount of people who are going to be affected is miniscule - most of the country is on cable or satellite. Of those affected, they go and get the ...read more