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Glenn Beck is not known for his compassion. As host of the third highest rated radio talk show and a new program soon to debut on Fox News, Beck courts controversy regularly. His caustic and often conservative commentary has offended Mexicans, Jews and Muslims, which is why his New York Times best seller extolling the virtues of forgiveness and the Christmas spirit might surprise some. The Christmas Sweater is a short novel about a young boy who gets a sweater for Christmas instead of a bike, resents his mother for the gift and then plunges into darkness when she dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Glenn Beck | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...right about hip-hop. In her new book, The Hip Hop Wars, Rose takes on all sides, arguing that fans and detractors alike have advanced illogical, dishonest and offensive arguments about why the genre is bad and why it's great. She spoke to TIME about how radio is killing hip-hop, why artists need to take more responsibility and what the music used to be like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tricia Rose, Author of The Hip Hop Wars | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...retrospect, probably poor) decision to skip my MCB 52 exam review in favor of decking the Quincy dhall for three hours. I may not completely understand exonucleases, but the tree looks pretty spiffy. Christmas season is my favorite time of year. Every time Jingle Bell Rock comes over the radio in the dhall, I do a little dance inside (and sometimes on the outside). And what makes it especially special is that, secretly, I know you are too. I mean it: I want everyone to join in my happy place filled with Christmas spirit. I don’t care...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love it: Christmas Comes Early | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...writer submitted to Variety, offering gag-writing services "so bad not even [Milton] Berle will steal them." But not only did Berle eventually pay $50 for a page of their jokes, but he continued to buy Brecher's gags, in 1936 made him the only writer on his CBS radio program, and took Brecher along when he moved the show to Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irving Brecher | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...only good thing about making At the Circus." Groucho--in a play off of Brecher's uncredited role as script editor on The Wizard of Oz--also bestowed on Brecher the nickname "The Wicked Wit of the West." Brecher used that wit to create the long-running radio series The Life of Riley and pen the Academy Award--nominated screenplay for Meet Me in St. Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irving Brecher | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

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