Daily Archives: September 24, 2003

Dowbrigade Beats Baltimore in the 10th

It has come to my attention that 70% of Americans believe that what they say, do and think in the privacy of their homes can affect the outcome of televised sporting events hundreds or thousands of miles away. While this … Continue reading

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The Bloom is Off the King

Literati Emeritus Harold Bloom lambasts Frighter-writer Stephen King and American popular taste in literature in general in this L.A. Times editorial. Choice nuggets:I I began as a scholar of the romantic poets. In the 1950s and early 1960s, it was … Continue reading

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So Are You But What Am I

V. Out of the wild west it came….Dueling lawsuits….Showdown at the Courtroom Corral…A Lawyers Bonanza and a Comedy of Trials and Errors. Sharman Networks, the company behind the Kazaa file-sharing software, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday accusing the entertainment … Continue reading

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Will Nude Maplethorpe Photos Terminate Arnold?

It had to happen. Introducing pornography, homosexuality and community standards into the California recall election, Matt Drudge is hot on the trail of exlusive nude photos of Arnold Schwartnznegger by controversial photographer Robert Maplethorpe. As the final days of the historic … Continue reading

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