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The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Tammy on July 12, 2007A post by Maynard This book, The Dangerous Book for Boys, caught my eye. It also has a website, DangerousBookForBoys.com. Not having read the book (I've passed well beyond the target demographic), I'm not in a position to comment specifically....
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Thieves in the Night
by Maynard on June 16, 2007A post by Maynard But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the...
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Library Fantasies
by Maynard on May 29, 2007Adventures in literature with Maynard Tammy, wearing glasses for her recent FOXNews appearance, questioned whether the "librarian" look detracted from her glamorous image. A fascinating question! So...how do we feel about library gals? I'm guessing the image is relatively favorable...
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If Hasselbeck Is to Mothra…
by Tammy on May 29, 2007As O'Donnell is to Godzilla, what would you think if Mothra still wanted to be friends with Godzilla despite knowing how destructive, hostile and disturbed Godzilla truly is? Yeah, well here's what I'd hand her immediately: Coping with Infuriating,...
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Harry Potter Author Gives Millions in Search for Missing Girl
by Tammy on May 14, 2007J.K. Rowling Kudos to JK Rowling for giving a reported $3 million in the search for a 2-year-old British girl who has gone missing in Portugal. How she went missing is a warning to every parent out there. Potter...
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Fox News Monday/Bernstein Book on Hillary
by Tammy on April 30, 2007HI everyone. First, sorry for the seriously light blogging this weekend (I do see, however that Maynard was up late and working :) I has just incredibly jammed. Just the regular reminder that I will be on Fox this morning...
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A Few Book Suggestions for Bush and Blair
by Tammy on April 2, 2007Just some ideas that might get them back on track....
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David Limbaugh: Confronting the Donkey
by Tammy on March 30, 2007We're at a point in time when we're all looking for some political clarity, and I have someone for you. As Democrats run roughshod over the president, the Bush administration doesn't think enough of itself to take charge of the...
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Speaking Tonight in Santa Barbara
by Tammy on February 13, 2007In the event you are in the area, please consider joining us. Here are the details. The Wednesday Morning Club, btw, is part of David Horowitz's Freedom Center. And don't let the name fool you-- the gathering is tonight as...
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Youngblood Hawke, and Other Musings
by Maynard on February 8, 2007A post by Maynard PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF LEV. XXV X.— inscribed on the Liberty Bell (citing Leviticus 25:10) I'm reading Youngblood Hawke, another novel by the amazing Herman Wouk. Written in 1961,...
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Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews
by Tammy on January 3, 2007"Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews," by David Pryce-Jones is your first Must-Read for the year. This review by Daniel Johnson in the Literary Review gives you a sense of what Pryce-Jones offers, and it's a key perspective...
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Bad Sex in Fiction Awards
by Tammy on December 28, 2006Have been awarded. The fourteenth annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Awards, that is. And even though it's bad, I know all of you want the link. And yes, they have passages. Ooh, they even have winning passages from...
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If Judith Regan Said It…
by Tammy on December 18, 2006Judith Regan, that is, mastermind of the OJ "If I did It" book debacle, just theoretically, of course, if she was speaking with a lawyer for her publishing group, and if that lawyer was Jewish and if the head of...
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O.J. Simpson Gives Details of Murders
by Tammy on November 15, 2006Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman That is, if he committed them. Yeah, just like anyone who has lost a loved one to a heinous murder by drug-dealing Colombians, the Butcher of Brentwood has imagined, in graphic detail, what would...
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Webb Says Sex Act with Boy in Novel Not “Sex”
by Tammy on October 27, 2006Has he been speaking with Bill Clinton? Commenting to a reporter on WaPo Radio, Webb tried to stop him from reading one of the passages, insisting that some material from his books are inappropriate to read out loud in public....