Opinion
Got Hope? “Detachment” doesn’t!
April 3, 2012Everything about this "real life high school" movie is tragic and miserable. The students are clinging to the edges of teenage life, the teachers are losing their minds, and the principal is getting divorced and fired.
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Ryan budget: A nightmare in the making
April 3, 2012House Republicans approved a budget that is far worse than any reasonable person could, up to now, have imagined would ever come out of a U.S. Congress.
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“The Hunger Games” better than expected
April 3, 2012The Hunger Games is more than a teen movie, more than a pointless American rehash of the Japanese cult favorite Battle Royale. It's a larger story of oppression and rebellion.
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Debbie Amis Bell: Memories of a Freedom Rider
March 29, 2012"Solitary" meant an unfurnished cell with a concrete floor. No bed, no furniture; a hole in the floor for a toilet.
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Atheists also fight for religious freedom
March 28, 2012The 20,000 people who showed up in Washington this past weekend for the Reason Rally were indeed patriots, fighting for the defense of a very American tradition.
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