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Our mutating legend Bob Dylan, the folk-singing bluesman rock ‘n’ roller, poet visionary gigolo materialist mystic Christian Jew, who has swabbed us with the impassioned dew of youth, stroked us with the dry calm of age, cooed angelic honeyed melodies, and seethed with a “voice like sand and glue.” Dylan …

The fact that soldiers who die in Iraq are called heroes may bug Ted Rall, but no matter how you look at it, they died for their country. Whether we like what the country is - or has become - is the real question.

Checking out the first volume of Gosho Aoyama's comic mystery manga series. . .

New radio documentary tomorrow on famed NYC columnist and muckraker Jimmy Breslin, on KCRW, NPR’s flagship station for Southern California: “JIMMY BRESLIN: THE ART OF CLIMBING TENEMENT STAIRS” Documentary produced for KCRW TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 at 2:30pm (PT) — A “Politics of Culture” Special Program Love him or hate him, …

Much has been made of “American unilateralism” of late, particularly regarding the war in Iraq. We all know the war is not literally unilateral, although we also all know that the U.S. has called the shots, provided the vast majority of manpower and funding, and suffered a similar majority of …

Thanks & Giving: All Year Long is a book and CD project for the benefit of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Marlo Thomas has produced a thoughtful, exuberant volume for children and “the grown-ups in their lives.” An original collection from acclaimed writers, artists and performers, Thanks & Giving: All …

Eternal life may be changing from a death-defying fantasy to something more mundane, as this new book reveals...

One cartoonist's dreams of glory. . .

It takes a bizarre and powerful act of will to not see the Theo Van Gogh murder for what it was: an explicit threat to those who would question any aspect of Islam from anywhere on earth, including the heart of Europe. Even extra-religious aspects such as social norms and …