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• Performances that are too intense for Oscar

  Fri Jan 16, 2009
  • I wonder why Mickey Rourke didn't make your list.  Numerous critics have listed his performance in The Wrestler as one of the best of the year.  The grittiness throughout, the honesty and resonance of Rourke's characterization, are typical of some of the other performances you've …

• How will history treat George W. Bush?

  Thu Jan 15, 2009
  • Historians will not look kindly on his shameless adherence to personal ideology that came at the expense of our nation and its reputation.

• Body image tied to pregnancy weight gain

  Wed Dec 24, 2008
  • I hope you are seeing medical professionals about this because your experience is certainly not the norm.  To gain nearly 100% one's initial weight in 9 months would be problematic under any circumstance.  To be honest I can hardly fathom how that is possible for someone who …

• Musicians don't want tunes used for torture

  Tue Dec 9, 2008
  • "You cowards make me sick.For some reason I feel that you would have gone along with the Holocaust if it made you feel safer." Millions did for that and other reasons.

• Experts offer range of ideas for Big Three

  Wed Dec 3, 2008
  • Oh I don't know... The fact that he directed and researched an award winning documentary ("Roger and Me") on GM and the effects of outsourcing on his hometown of Flint, Michegan.  The fact that he is an observant political and social critic with an ideology he wears on his sleeve.

• For some M-rated games, mature is misnomer

  Tue Dec 2, 2008
  • While the general premise, that some developers include content for the sake of gratuity, may hold in some instances, two of the three games cited by the author are clearly not such games.

• Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives

  Sun Nov 9, 2008
  • No, quit when it is obvious those who are being "treated" with dummy pills are getting significantly disproportionate levels of treatment as compared to those who are taking the statins.  This is a basic issue of medical ethics; to continue the study is tantamount to witholding potentially …

• Drunk United pilot arrested at Heathrow

  Wed Oct 22, 2008
  • Well for what it's worth, the legal limit for pilots as specified in the article is a lot lower than the .08 blood alcohol limit.  A pilot can easily blow positive on one of the random tests for using mouthwash for instance.

• Incentives luring buyers back to pickups, SUVs

  Wed Oct 15, 2008
  • As previous commentors have said, the only way to influence the vast majority of people's buying decisions is through market forces and that means artificially raising the price of gasoline.  Only once fuel efficiency becomes a significant factor in people's budgets will it start to …

• Your 'pure' bottled water has contaminants, too

  Wed Oct 15, 2008
  • Ah, glad to know some people still have a sense of humor. Our country has some of the best municipal water systems in the world, systems paid and maintained by your tax dollars.  Use them.