Category Archives: review

Reviews of books, movies, CDs, whatever.

The decline of American political reporting

Posted on 2008 April 17 by mongreldogs

As always, let me begin by stating I am an Obama supporter, so I’m a mite sensitive on the following. But it shocked me this morning to hear NPR’s coverage of the “debate” last night. We’ll leave aside the astonishing … Continue reading →

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Star Wars at 31

Posted on 2008 March 30 by mongreldogs

Apparently Spike TV is running all of the Star Wars movies as a “mega saga event” over the course of the next weekend. I happened to come across their “ultimate trailer” online, which stitches together bits from all six movies. … Continue reading →

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Review: His Dark Materials

Posted on 2008 February 3 by mongreldogs

As is my wont whenever Marc Cohn wanders into the New York-Philadelphia corridor, I went to see him perform — this time, at the Highline Ballroom in lower Manhattan. True to form, it was a fantastic show with Marc the … Continue reading →

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The Mongrel Dogs at Sea (4): Review: Next

Posted on 2007 August 8 by mongreldogs

Today, there’s a piece by Maya Jasonoff in the Sunday magazine of the New York Times on the Americans loyal to Britain during the Revolution, and it has me irked. It’s not the thesis, which I agree with, that we … Continue reading →

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Review: The Book of Lost Things

Posted on 2007 April 7 by mongreldogs

The third in my shameless padding series on my recent experience at Lunacon 50. This episode: Sci Fi TV 101, or Why All Your Favorite Shows are Doomed. More below the fold.

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