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TV Review: The Walking Dead – “Cherokee Rose”
The Walking Dead makes a few mistakes this week, but lets some morality and romance bloom.
Read More »Music Review: Bess Rogers – Out of the Ocean
Evolutionary text inspires pop/folk/punk vocalist.
Read More »Music Review: Glee Cast – “The First Time”
Naya Rivera shines during her duet with Lea Michele, and Curt Mega leads the Warblers through a Billy Joel classic.
Read More »An Interview with Herbal Medicine Pioneer Susun Weed, Author of Down There: Sexual and Reproductive Health, the Wise Woman Way
How safe are herbal medicines really?
Read More »Book Review: Dakota, Or What’s a Heaven For by Brenda K. Marshall
Novel about the settlement of Dakota Territory explores the people, the land, and the relationship between the two.
Read More »Book Review: The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion, Edited by Andy Borowitz
A superlative anthology of humor, wit, satire, and parody in essays, short fiction, and excerpts from memoirs and novels.
Read More »Theo Epstein’s Secret Plan for the Cubs
Will the Cubs finally break through? Using my secret sources, I can now reveal Theo Epstein’s master plan.
Read More »Interview: Author Michael Muhammad Knight, of Why I Am A Five Percenter
"I came from a punk rock ethos, and also a certain kind of Muslim ethos, that made it cool to be ignored and alone on the margins."
Read More »Book Review: Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson's winning formula loses shock value with each repetition.
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