June 2010

So long, Larry. Don’t forget your meds

June 30, 2010

There’s bad news, as they say, and there’s good. The bad news is that we’re screwed in the Gulf, screwed in Afghanistan and screwed in all things economic. The good news: Larry King is finally calling it quits. Perhaps we’ve turned the corner. Yes, after 50 years that seems like 50,000 years, the skeletal old [...]

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It ain’t heavy; it’s a heist picture

June 26, 2010

I don’t want to be that tiresome guy who’s always raving about obscure foreign films while sneering at American blockbuster sequels. But I will anyway.  Last night, while the rest of the nation was lining up for Toy Story 3,  The Karate Kid and Shrek Whatever Number This One  Is, I was sprawled on my [...]

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American dream: Next five exits

June 24, 2010

Every road trip I take, I always imagine that this will be the one where I discover the real America. Now it’s not yet July and I’ve already driven a few thousand miles; I’ll drive a few thousand more in the next few weeks. I’m finally willing to concede that the forest of signs around [...]

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Now available at newstands not quite everywhere

June 20, 2010

It’s nice to see my name in print again. It’s also bittersweet, since “Dead Black Cadillac” is a story I wrote a couple of years ago, and sold a couple months later, and only now appears in print in what may be the least-read magazine in America. But I’m not complaining. Well, maybe I am [...]

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