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...Klein is almost correct when he states that the ABC News debate in Philadelphia "will go down in history for the relentless vulgarity of its questions" [May 5]. But the questions weren't so much vulgar as they were vapid. The only thing moderator Charles Gibson forgot to do was follow Barbara Walters' infamous example and ask Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton what kind of trees they would be. Holmes Brannon, WOODLAND PARK, COLO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...President Faust simply to honor her charges for their decision to serve: She must also, to confirm the politically correct prejudices that govern the Academy, use the opportunity for ideological grandstanding...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: Honoring Their Service | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

...also a staff writer for The New Yorker, is noted for his censure of the postmodern social novel, which he termed the “contemporary American novel in its big triumphalist form” in a 2001 review of Franzen’s novel “The Corrections.” But at the event yesterday, Wood had little but kindness for his longtime target. “A lot of us will remember the moment of its publication because it was 2001 just around the time of 9/11,” Wood said...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With Critic, Franzen Criticizes Criticism | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...lyrical prowess. Jemaine (Hiphopopotamus) raps: “My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment I made all of the ladies in the area pregnant / Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist but you lovely bitches and hoes should know I’m trying to correct this.” “Think About It,” the album’s fourth track, is the real standout. A hilarious rib at the state-of-the-world songs that come around every few years, the duo managed to perfectly recreate the strolling rhythm and world...

Author: By Ross S. Weinstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Flight of the Conchords | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...decide to search for a new home on a mythical planet called Earth, with the attacking Cylons close behind. Wait a second, you say: this sounds suspiciously like “Star Trek,” from the military bent to the evil aliens. You would be correct, were it not for an essential difference: character development. “Star Trek,” as my astute boyfriend once put it, is like an Ayn Rand novel; characters don’t do anything of their own accord, but are just placeholders for ideas, and everything resolves neatly...

Author: By Allie T. Pape, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: TV Is Art--Why Don't You Watch? | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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