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The Goode, the Bad and the New York Times

A new television animation show will be debuting tonight on ABC, and it has the potential to be really “Goode.” “The Goode Family” is the story of a politically correct family of environmental zealots and there are two reasons I

ABC's 'Castle': Exemplary TV

Like the best works of popular culture, the ABC mystery-crime series Castle is both entertaining and edifying. It exemplifies an increasingly strong trend in the American culture: the use of grim, sensual, bizarre, disturbed, or perverse imagery and subject matter

"NewsBusted" 4/21/09 — Fake News from the Right

In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: President Obama, Hugo Chavez, Veterans, Somali Pirates, Tea Parties, ABC News, Deficits, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Colorado Blizzard, Al Gore, Phil Spector, and Madonna. [youtube 4GebIG5HWIs]

Frost/Nixon: The Liberal Film As Conservative

I finally got around to watching Frost/Nixon, and I was struck by how often the conservative view of the world–that is to say, reality–snuck in past the filmmakers’ strenuous attempts to bar the door against it. We see, for instance,