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...Critics The beauty of American Idol is the notion that my vote could change someone else's life for the better [April 16]. But the powers that be at Idol have gone out of their way to undermine winning candidate Taylor Hicks, barely acknowledging his debut album on the show and taking every opportunity to criticize him in the media. My hours on the phone were rewarded last month in Nashville when Hicks delivered an emotional performance of everything from his original music to that of the Carter Family. It was the best vote I have cast in 28 years...
...little out-there for the average voter. (I’ll confess that—keep in mind my experience is extremely limited—I still have trouble getting my avatar to turn right and left, let alone drive a car or fly). And, the notion of candidates holding cyber rallies is admittedly silly, especially when one takes into consideration the fact that in addition to human features, avatars can be made to look like squirrels and ride around on yaks. To those who already decry the ubiquity of Facebook and the way it distracts us from real human...
...life camps emerged with their rhetorical guns blazing. While I consider myself pro-choice and I believe life begins at birth and not conception, I have come to realize the pro-choice movement can be just as delusional as the pro-lifers who cling militantly to the notion that a fetus is a life form...
...with controlling the volatile territory on the outskirts of Baquba knew they would face attacks from insurgents in the area as they stepped up their presence by manning such patrol bases. But they saw little choice, since the ongoing surge strategy calls for U.S. forces to abandon the old notion of return-to-base patrols in favor of living full time in deadly areas...
Malik shone in drag as Dagmar, a stock “witch next door” character who brews a bubbling cauldron and cackles frequently. As Malik sang about his character’s “notion for a potion,” three giggling spirits floated around him, playing up the classic witch’s den scene repeatedly and effectively...