Monthly Archives: April 2013

I adore Lenore

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted on my professional blog at the Marshall Independent. Lenore Skenazy is a columnist who usually writes from a light humorous perspective. Not surprising, she used to write for MAD Magazine back when it was still good, and is … Continue reading →

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Review: Oblivion

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of the Marshall Independent. Then out spake brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate: “To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better than … Continue reading →

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Boston

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This is my weekly op-ed column. Tamerlan Tsarnaev is dead and his brother Dzhokhar is in custody, which is the way it ought to be by rights. Yet there are people unhappy about it. The two brothers were from … Continue reading →

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I used to like Reese Witherspoon

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted on my professional blog at the Marshall Independent. Darn it! Another case of Celebrities Behaving Badly, and this time with one I kind of liked. Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth were arrested and very briefly held … Continue reading →

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Review: The Host

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Noe: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. There are great movies, good movies, bad movies, and awful movies. Then there’s movies like “The Host” which are just kind of blah. The movie is based on … Continue reading →

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Is this the time?

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: My weekly op-ed. The late great science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein once told a crowd at a convention, “Some of you will see a nuclear war within your lifetime.” The crowd, to say the least, did not want … Continue reading →

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