slumdog millionaire

Sunday, 28 December 2008, 16:53 | Category : reviews
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slumdog millionaire
description: “The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be A Millionaire?” — an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show.” (IMDB)
review: i’d [...]

the best weekly wrap up

Friday, 26 December 2008, 21:36 | Category : analysis
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this is one of the best parts of the weekend: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/sgyear_12-26.html
now normally, david brooks of the new york times is sitting in michael gerson’s chair, but gerson, a presidential historian, is a fine substitute.
shields and brooks obviously admire and respect one another, and their disagreements always give off more light than heat.  if you only have [...]

the future of newspapers?

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 17:25 | Category : analysis, media issues
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couldn’t major publications band together to form a kind of cable-like company in which people pay some kind of low monthly/yearly fee to access as much as they want?

who likes the pulp?

Thursday, 18 December 2008, 13:04 | Category : media issues, media strainer
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in creating this site, i’m not unaware that there are those who prefer their juice to be pulp free — i myself was once such a person. but i also know that as i’ve grown older, i’ve moved from disliking those little bits of fruit to disregarding them to actually enjoying their texture.  still, without [...]

welcome!

Thursday, 18 December 2008, 10:51 | Category : Uncategorized
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posts to come…