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Recent "ON" Columns — LA Weekly
The Mortal Storm
March Madness
The Other Texan
Terminator Genes
A Vision of Our Own
A Drop In The Ocean
The List 2004
Viktor vs. Viktor, Live From Independence Square
Right-Wing Political Correctness
Something Wicked
Monkeys and Marionettes — Stewart vs. Crossfire and other comic battles
Desperadoes — Going mad inside the debate bubble
Rise of the Anti-Machine
Kitty Galore — The Bush Dynasty and media hypocrites
The Day of the Jackals — Mythmaking at the Republican Convention and Getting Punk’d on Kudlow and Cramer
GOP Action Heroes — Arnold, Rudy, John McCain and the Bush twins
Jingo Bells— Prime-time pride, manly girls vs. girly girls and fear of a black dream team
Shovin’ It — Hardballers and Class Warriors
Paranoia Strikes Deep — As The Manchurian Candidate creeps back into our lives
Bush’s Big Number Two — What’s the Matter With Cheney?
July Surprises — The Kerry-Edwards cute meet plus Bush’s search for Osama
My Life on the Couch — Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment
Bad Girls — Women critics in sexually retro America
The Gipper — Death Valley Days
Head Over Heels — Bush and Kerry’s Soft Spots
The Good Soldier
Brave Newsom World — Gay Marriage Mania
The Ballad of Mel and Jesus — Christ, you know it ain't easy

Radio Commentaries — NPR's "Fresh Air"
On: Reviewing 'Bush's America'
On: HBO
On: Bill Clinton's Memoir
On: "The Control Room" and TV News
On: Cannes
On: 100 Years of Peter Pan
On: Religion and the Media, post-Mel
On: The Martha Stewart Verdict