The Review Cafe

The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen

Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:58 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Humans are often misled by abstract nouns of their own making, and sometimes the bamboozlement can last centuries or more. Because one can say the word "justice", one might conclude that a singular thing or essence called "justice" actually exists.

entertainment, book-review, book, the-idea-of-justice, amartya-sen, sen, justice, political-philosophy, philosophy, economics

A Few Thoughts About The New Glee Episode "Hairography" (spoiler warning)

Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:51 PM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

I'll skip the enthusiastic introduction where I explain why I love this show. I covered much of that ground in my piece last week, which you can find here.

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entertainment, glee

Oh, V, I Misjudged You: Please Forgive Me: Thoughts On the Last Two Episodes Before The Series Takes A Long Break (Warning: spoilers)

Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:00 PM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

Dear V writers, directors and actors - I am sorry I misjudged you.

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entertainment, sbutki-review

Matt Taibbi on how Sarah Palin will destroy conservatism: "Sarah Palin, WWE Star"

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:01 PM EST (trueslant.com)

Seeded by iarnuocon

hile some of us are old enough to remember that once upon a time, these arguments always had at least some sort of ideological flavor to them, i.e.

politics, republicans, conservative, conservatism, ideology, culture-war, gop, rush-limbaugh, sarah-palin, palin

Bones Review - The Foot in the Foreclosure - 11/19/09 - Spoilers

Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:57 PM EST

By redsfan (Clipped by redsfan)

*Spoilers* Good episode all around! The murder mystery was more interesting than usual and the side story, involving Booth's grandfather, was excellent

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entertainment, television, bones-the-foot-in-th-foreclosure

Dear Sarah: Keep up the great writing! - Carl Hiaasen

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:16 PM EST (MiamiHerald.com)

Seeded by iarnuocon

Thank you for turning in the manuscript so quickly. I thought only Stephen King could crank out 400 pages in four months! Seriously, there's some terrific material here, and all of us at Harper Collins are thrilled to be publishing your life story.

entertainment, humor, satire, sarah-palin, palin, carl-hiaasen, hiaasen, going-rogue, memoir, book

Good News: There's A New Collection of Pieces By My Favorite Mystery Writers; An Interview With Otto Penzler, Editor of "The Lineup"

Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:57 AM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

Otto Penzler, owner of the famous Mysterious Bookshop in Manhatten, has done a brilliant project and, with this book, shared the results with us.

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entertainment, sbutki-interview, good-news-wednesday

An Interview With Frank Portman, Author of King Dork, About His New Book, Andromeda Klein (Part 1)

Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:14 AM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

This is the first part of a two part interview with Frank Portman about his new book, Andromeda Klein. In a week or two I'll post part two of this interview

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entertainment, sbutki-interview

Four Reasons Why 'Avatar' Is Too Big to Fail

Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:06 AM EST (blogs.amctv.com)

Seeded by iarnuocon

To be clear, Fox isn't getting off cheaply; when all is said and done it's going to be on the hook for at least a couple hundred million dollars in production and marketing costs. If the flick fails, it will hurt.

entertainment, movie, film, cinematography, james-cameron, cameron, 3-d, special-effects, 3d, cgi