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  Book review: Bill Streever's Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places

  Early in his captivating book, Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places, author Bill Streev...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by John Grooms
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  Anthony Foxx's emergence, plus, Catholic UFOs and bossy generals

  Welcome, dear readers, to yet another goosebump-raising edition of Ask Boomer With Attitude, live fr...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by John Grooms
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  Veterans Day checkup: What's Obama done for vets so far?

  It's the week of Veterans Day, a good time to see if things have improved or not for our militar...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by John Grooms
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  Book buying in the Great Recession

  Welcome to a session of Great Recession book buying. Nowadays, new hardback books, let's just sa...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by John Grooms
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  What the Fox?: The phony network's phony martyrs

  The supposed "war" between the Obama administration and FoxNews has been one of the strang...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by John Grooms
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  Neighborhood heroin patrol

  Black-tar heroin!! In every neighborhood!! The headlines screamed last week about Charlotte's in...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by John Grooms
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  Review of American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson

  Craig Ferguson, the host of The Late Late Show on CBS, is a recovering alcoholic, workaholic, smarta...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by John Grooms
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  Positive thinking: 'Delusion is never a good thing'

  Some years ago, two people lived in our neighborhood who were really "positive." Their &qu...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by John Grooms
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  A tepid mayoral pick

  Welcome, dear readers, to another thrilling episode of "Ask Boomer With Attitude," live fr...

  Vol. 23 No. 33 Published 10.13.09 by John Grooms
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  Book review: Of Mule and Man by Mike Farrell

  Actor Mike Farrell, who played B.J. Hunnicutt in the TV show M*A*S*H, is part of a group that conser...

  Vol. 23 No. 32 Published 10.06.09 by John Grooms
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  Ken Lewis' liquidation and the rot in the banking industry

  When Ken Lewis bailed out of his job as CEO of Bank of America last week, it marked a sad end to Cha...

  Vol. 23 No. 32 Published 10.06.09 by John Grooms
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  Book review: Parlous Angels by Ed Southern

  Ed Southern's book of short stories, Parlous Angels, is enthralling, which, hopefully, means it...

  Vol. 23 No. 32 Published 10.06.09 by John Grooms
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  Poll results censored: What is local media hiding?

  Last week, the media reported the results of a series of important polls conducted by Elon Universit...

  Vol. 23 No. 31 Published 09.29.09 by John Grooms
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  Smart move: Obama ditches long-range missles defense system in Poland, Czech

  Last week's news that the Obama administration is ditching the Bush plan to build long-range mis...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by John Grooms
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  Book Review: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

  If you thought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a ridiculous idea, then go ahead and skip to the...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by John Grooms
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  Book Review: The Blue Star by Tony Early

  Back Bay has republished Tony Earley's 2008 novel, and I'm wondering why. His sequel to Jim...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by John Grooms
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  'Night of the Living Hugo' — 20 years later

  "Tomorrow morning's gonna be wet, wild and windy, so drive carefully as you head to work!&q...

  Vol. 23 No. 29 Published 09.15.09 by John Grooms
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  Dave Eggers's Zeitoun delivers a Katrina story for the ages

  Dave Eggers can apparently do it all. He blew away critics in 2000 with his big, bells-whistles-and-...

  Vol. 23 No. 28 Published 09.08.09 by John Grooms
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  Sprawl wins by KO, plus sexed-up Republicans

  Last week, WFAE-FM's Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins hosted a public forum, the theme of which...

  Vol. 23 No. 28 Published 09.08.09 by John Grooms
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  Fears of the moment

  Welcome, dear readers, to another exciting session of Ask Boomer With Attitude, live from Charlotte,...

  Vol. 23 No. 27 Published 09.01.09 by John Grooms

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