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...critically acclaimed “The Wrestler,” Siegel puts a new spin on the culture of athletic obsession, glimpsing into the life of a pathetic fan on the cusp of middle age. Paul (Patton Oswalt) lives for the New York Giants, calling into radio shows with pre-scripted diatribes about how his team will make it to the Super Bowl this year. When he’s not working as a parking attendant, he sits outside the football stadium, watching games on a small TV rather than sitting in the bleachers. His ongoing call-in war with...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big Fan | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...contrived. The more-focused “Losin’ Yo’ Head”—with James taking lead vocals throughout—is catchier, but still comes across as uninteresting classic rock emulation. Oberst takes lead vocals on irritating country tracks that sound like pre-pubescent Johnny Cash imitations. On “Man Named Truth,” easily the album’s worst track, Oberst attempts to weave a forced narrative—something about heroin and Aztec gold—over a clichéd, country backing track that sounds like...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Monsters of Folk | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

Coburn, Senator Tom • Values Voters Summit is told by chief of staff for that pre-teen boys hate homosexuals more than anyone else does, and that "all pornography is homosexual pornography," so if you explain that to them they won't want to read Playboy, and - oh, just read it for yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...they're seeing too much of • ecstasy-inducing faulting of for "his determination to rely on rational analysis, rather than narrow decisions" by the terminally ridiculous David Broder • reported rethinking by - despite the ominous Cheneyesque promise by the credibility-free Condoleezza Rice (who, remember, ignored very specific pre-9/11 warnings about bin Laden) that "another terrorist attack in the U.S." will be the result - of disastrous no-win Afghanistan policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...concerns for women who are considering having a child. If a woman is unsure whether she will have the same job in nine months, she may be hesitant to get pregnant for fear of losing or switching insurance plans. Federal law prevents group plans from defining pregnancy as a pre-existing condition, but individual plans vary and can end up charging women tens of thousands of dollars for a delivery. (Read "The Risks [and Rewards] of Pills and Pregnancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recession Fallout: Fewer Women Having Kids | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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