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HBO Game of Thrones: Season Four Differences Between Book and Show
Ok, Season Four of HBO's Game of Thrones saw more differences between the books and show than I could remember or to be more precise more than I would care to write and certainly more than you would...
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Delinquent Water Bills, Detroit and The United Nations
I do my best to pay my bills on time. I expect the same from others. If I use a service I pay for it. If I loan money I want the money returned. I don't think that's too much to ask from other adults....
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Book Reviews: Swag, The Lives of Tao
Swagby Elmore LeonardThe late novelist Elmore Leonard grew up in Detroit and set many of his stories in and around the Metro Detroit area. I've read some of his works in the distant past. I was...
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***UPDATE*** Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Corporate Challenge to...
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations have a 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech and the Court further ruled...
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Book Reviews: Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleepby Stephen KingSome things are obvious upon reading Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s follow up to his novel The Shining. The first is that King is and always has been an incredibly masterful...
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Stop calling Hobby Lobby a Christian business
From Jonathan Merritt at The Week:(Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press/Corbis)"We're Christians," Hobby Lobby's president Steve Green proclaims, "and we run our business on Christian principles."That is music to the...
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Hillary Clinton Back in Spotlight Over Defense of Child Rapist
In a good number of states, after you pass the bar and become a licensed attorney you may get a phone call from a nearby court like I did telling you that you have been assigned to represent a criminal...
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George R.R. Martin Tells Fans What He Thinks
Have you ever reached a point when someone has worked your last nerve and made you lose your religion? Of course you have. Likely we all have at some point. Maybe it's your controlling blameshifting...
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Snowden Reveals NSA Spying On Americans
In the movie Baby Boy the self-described OG named Melvin played by Ving Rhames sneers at his possible future stepson. Melvin says that everything that the younger man is currently experiencing on the...
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Book Reviews: Beat The Reaper
Beat the Reaperby Josh BazellThis book reminded me of Pest Control, The Catcher in the Rye, or a few other madcap satirical adventures. But it's also a biting critique of the health care system, a...
View ArticleBreaking News: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine
Breaking News: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine From (CNN):A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax reported...
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Movie Reviews: Devil Ship Pirates, China Moon, Gettysburg
Devil Ship Piratesdirected by Don SharpI purchased Devil Ship Pirates around the same time my brother sent me the package which included Bad Blonde. Although it was made in Hammer's classic era, this...
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Israel Attacks Gaza and Kills Palestinians: Again
As you may have read in the news the State of Israel has launched military attacks by land, air and sea against the Palestinians in Gaza. Israel claims to be trying to degrade Hamas' military capacity...
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Who's a thug: Santelli vs. Sherman
You may remember that Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was quite excited after his team just won the NFC Championship game. Sherman was instrumental in helping his team to achieve that...
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Note to Self: Do Not Fly Over the Ukraine
Only days after one of the biggest "oops" moments in the history of modern warfare resulted in the murder of 298 innocent men, women and children aboard a commercial airliner flying over the Ukraine,...
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Arizona Inmate Executed: Can the Death Penalty be Rehabilitated?
We've discussed the problems with the death penalty before here and here and here. Another problem with the death penalty is that in part because of increasing national and worldwide moral objections...
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Television Reviews: The Strain (FX), The Musketeers (BBC America)
The StrainVampire myths have always reflected the tensions and fears of their originating societies. Bram Stoker's Dracula gave the reader images of "perverse" (i.e....
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Book Reviews: The Spook Who Sat by The Door
The Spook Who Sat By The Doorby Sam GreenleeSam Greenlee just passed away a few months ago. Sam Greenlee was an American writer who had a long career as both a military officer and overseas agent for...
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Stephen Smith, Michelle Beadle and the Ray Rice Situation: Was Stephen Smith...
Man got his woman to take his seed /He got the power oh she got the need/ She spends her life through pleasing up her man/She feeds him dinner or anything she can/She cries alone at night too often/ He...
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Movie Reviews: Hercules, Sabotage, Transcendence
Herculesdirected by Brett RattnerWhile this graphic novel adapted film starring Dwayne Johnson was better than the other Hercules movie that recently appeared (you shouldn’t see that film unless you...
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