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Michael Collins had no idea what he was going to do with his life until he was dragged, kicking and screaming and at the behest of his educators, until the wild and wooly lifestyle of the freelance writer. Cocktail parties followed; fountains of champagne

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Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Commentary: The effectiveness of the United Nations: 1 of 25

The United Nations is a schizophrenic organization that is about as effective as "The League of Nations" was. Every day in the United Nations building in New York, the UN officials are hard at work appeasing dictators, crippling economies and limiting freedoms. The Soviet Union, at the height of its totalitarian communist re...
Entertainment > Celebrity Gossip & News Should Don Imus be allowed back on the air?: 1 of 11

Don Imus: a man who made a poor decision to make fun of a group of people by performing a terrible, stereotypical impression of a "nappy headed ho." The man has all the wit and sophistication of Beavis and/or Butthead. But since when did we forbid people with bad taste or despicable opinions from voicing them? There is no qu...
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game reviews: Warbands: 1 of 7

Game Rating: 1/5 Who would have thought a game about war could be so utterly boring? In "Warbands," by Stimulus Response Games, the player is a fresh-faced commanding officer in the rebel army fighting against the dastardly Muntu, who has conquered the country of Wardonia and enslaved its people. It sounds like a subject fit...
Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) Batman versus Spiderman: Who would win: 1 of 5

So, I'm hanging out at the Silver Snail (a Canadian comic book store) the other day - because I am a nerd - and the topic comes up - that puzzling subject that has tried mens' minds for more than a generation of great thinkers - who would win in a fight, Batman or Spiderman? Hm, now that is an interesting question. Naturally...
Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Superman versus Spiderman: The superior superhero: 4 of 18

Superman is more than Nieztche's ideal man, he's also the originator of the entire superhero culture. Before there was Batman's motivation to avenge his parents, and before Spiderman let guilt enslave him to sacrificing his time, education, sleep, and even girlfriend, there was Superman - doing what was right simply because ...
Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Should books have ratings like movies to warn parents about inappropriate content?: 15 of 65

The question has been raised: movies have a rating system and music albums have the "parental advisory" sticker, so why shouldn't books have a "rating" system that allows people to see exactly what kind of content is within a book? At first, while skeptical, I was supportive of the idea, if only on "full disclosure" grounds:...
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Torchwood: 2 of 8

Way back in 2005, fans of that grand old British institution, the sci-fi series "Doctor Who" couldn't have been more excited: their favorite show had not only returned, but did so with a bang. The combination of a producer who loved the show, Christopher Eccleston as the eponymous Doctor, and a special effects budget that si...
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game reviews: Skin and Bones: 2 of 8

In "Skin and Bones," you play as both of the titular characters, "Skin," the young human, and "Bones," some sort of mixed-up skeletal zombie. The story, insofar as there is one, is that Skin and his inexplicably skinny buddy are both the pawns of a wizard who wants them to gather up all of the gems throughout a series of lev...
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Chuck: 1 of 4

Tonight I review a preview of the new sci-fi/comedy/drama, Chuck, starring: * Zachary Levi - as Chuck Bartowski * Yvonne Strzechowski - as Sarah Walker * Joshua Gomez - as Morgan Pace * Sarah Lancaster - as Ellie Bartowski * Adam Baldwin - as John Casey Did you say Alec Baldwin!? * Adam Baldwin - as John Casey Oh. You didn't...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Why I support the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) strike: 1 of 4

Some of you who follow entertainment news (or some of you who are actually in the entertainment industry) may have heard about this little strike that the unionists in the Writer's Guild of America have gotten into. Now, I would normally pigeon-hole myself as being anti-union. And if this were concerning any other group of w...