After stepping through the snow that drifted over my stoop to retrieve today's New York Times, I sat down and read the newspaper. (The weather is so bad that not only did the small stone steps in front of my house have at least two inches of snow, but numerous school districts in Iowa cancelled school today.)

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While I'm waiting for Mad Men to return--along with the last three episodes of Pushing Daisies--some news has come out with the acclaimed series that hasn't been cancelled.

Lionsgate hasn't struck a deal yet with Matthew Weiner, the creator of "Mad Men."But it's going to return in the summer, so there might not be Matthew Weiner ( Read more... )

I recently mentioned that someone came up with the theory that the New York Times has a far-left bias due to the fact that they "employ several homosexuals and put them in key, high-powered positions in order for them to promote the gay agenda."Yesterday, I read a restaurant review by Frank Bruni and I don't feel any gayer ( Read more... )

It's like my birthday came early this year. Or Christmas came late. Granted, both events are close enough together for me that either is a viable description.

The roads where I live in Iowa are covered with ice today, therefore preventing me from hopping into my car (name presently in limbo) and getting a copy of today's New York TimesI ( Read more... )

In the debate on whether or not the New York Times is the most liberal newspaper on the face of the planet (it's not), I found the following argument as to why it is.

"The Times happens to employ several homosexuals and put them in key, high-powered positions in order for them to promote the gay agenda."

Seriously?

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On the front page of today's New York Times there is the first portion of the obituary for Harold Pinter. Credited for writing this obituary are Mel Gussow and Ben Brantley.

I sat there thinking "I haven't seen something written by Mel Gussow in quite some time."

As it turns out, Gussow died in 2005. In fact, the obituary appears on the New ( Read more... )

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Not getting in the 100 Notable Books list of The New York Times Book Review is a literary bitch-slap.

Stephanie Meyer has yet to write a book that makes this list.

Therefore, every year, Stephanie Meyer gets bitch-slapped by The New York Times Book Review.

Print journalism is revived! New York Times becomes more readily available in Iowa!

I went to the website for the local NBC affiliate and I saw this image:


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