Herman Wouk, who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Caine Mutiny way back in 1951 and later gifted heartland America with The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, among other pop-culture landmarks, has just come out with a new novel at the preposterous-not to say preposterously entertaining-age of 97. The Lawgiver, it’s called, and […]
Tom Carson
Tom Carson won two National Magazine Awards during his stint as Esquire’s “Screen” columnist and has been nominated twice more as GQ’s movie reviewer. Formerly a staff writer at LA Weekly and The Village Voice, he is the author of Gilligan’s Wake (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2003) and Daisy Buchanan’s Daughter.
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My Kingdom for a Fox!
Shakespearean tragedy unfolded in the conservative media nerve center as Obama’s victory was announced, while a wealth of exhausted pundits dominated the rest of cable news.
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I’ve Got a Bad Feeling about This
For our reviewer, a depersonalized Star Wars is no Star Wars at all.
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And Best Supporting Zinger Goes To…
There’s post-presidential debate strife in Wonkland, but all that counts to the undecided voters that remain is whether the two candidates put on a good show.
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Lance Armstrong, the George W. Bush of Sports
USADA’s report confirmed our worst suspicions about cycling’s self-appointed king, finally marking the end of a long era of lying and arrogance.
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NOLA Contendere
Treme’s viewers may be dwindling in its third season, but this New Orleans resident still finds more than enough to like in a show that keeps finding new ways to love its milieu.
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B Is for Bad Moderator
The one thing that all pundits can agree on about the first presidential debate: Jim Lehrer was the night’s biggest loser.
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When the Fringe Shapes the Center
During the AIDS crisis, ACT UP’s radicalism forced more mainstream gay-rights groups to step up their game.
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The Great Conservative “No!”
William F. Buckley’s heirs are starving on a red-meat diet.
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How Was the Trailer, Mrs. Lincoln?
A look at the trailer for Spielberg’s upcoming Civil War biopic