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Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin”

Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin”

Dw. Dunphy September 20, 2011 1

Joe McGinness' scandalous expose of Tea Party cheerleader Sarah Palin gives her a most unlikely gift.

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Book Review: Nevin Martell, “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip”

Matt Wardlaw December 6, 2009 1

While I wasn’t a big comic book reader growing up (GI Joe, Archie, etc), I did discover and enjoy my share of newspaper comics. My grandfather was a retired newspaper editor, and when I

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Sugar Water: “24” and the Enhanced Techniques of Viewer Torture

Robert Cass May 28, 2009 9

In February 2007 The New Yorker published “Whatever It Takes,” an article by Jane Mayer about the Fox series 24, and how the politically conservative views of the show’s creators, Joel Surnow and Robert

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