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By Dan Geddes HOLLYWOOD—The NBS network has announced production of a new hour long reality TV Show Foreclosure, which pays ordinary foreclosure victims to appear on the show. Executive Producer John Stallman describes Foreclosure as “giving Middle Ame... More »
The Committee for the Nobel Peace Prize stunned the world today by granting its prestigious award to Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. “Never before has a rich, white Mormon run for the Presidency of the United States on a major party ticket,” s... More »
By Dan Geddes ORLANDO — A Jesus look-alike was arrested today for violating the Orlando city ordinance against feeding homeless people. Jesús Christos, 33, of Kissimmee, is now being held in Orlando City Jail. Orlando Police said that early yesterday af... More »
Review by Dan Geddes Edward Norton … Scout Master Ward Bruce Willis … Captain Sharp Bill Murray … Walt Bishop Tilda Swinton … Social Services Kara Hayward … Suzy Jason Schwartzman … Cousin Ben Frances McDormand … Laura... More »
SPRINGFIELD – The US Supreme Court ruled 6-to-3 in Hartman vs. Springfield Police that use of a Taser by police is not “excessive force” provided that the officer administering the Tasing possesses “a sufficient background in psychology... More »
Henry Miller By Dan Geddes See also review of Miller’s The Air-Conditioned Nightmare Henry Miller is sui generis. It is difficult to place his works in a particular genre, though novels may still be the best category. Some have termed his works “au... More »
WASHINGTON — Citing the recent decision whereby the Supreme Court overturned Obamacare, the Court has now overturned Social Security Act of 1935 on the same grounds in Smith vs. U.S.. The plaintiff, Orange County millionaire, Weston Smith, sued the Federal G... More »
By Dan Geddes WASHINGTON—A new IRS rule states that cryogenically preserved bodies (frozen in liquid nitrogen) are still subject to US income tax, “because there remains a discrete chance that their lives and incomes can be restored by advances in med... More »
Umberto Eco Review by Dan Geddes Umberto Eco’s The Prague Cemetery is an entertaining tour de force of 19th century European history. Blending history and fiction as in his previous novels (The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum), Eco uses the f... More »
By Jonathan I. Israel See also: Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City The Island at the Center of the World The First Salute Review by Dan Geddes Although it is now a constitutional monarchy, the Netherlands was once a republic, the first... More »
By Dan Geddes Gossip is a form of legal tender, a social coinage we enjoy spending or saving as we would any other form of currency. To hear gossip is like finding coins in the street. “I can use this later,” you may think as someone tells you something, ... More »