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Sunday\u2019s specials:<\/p>\n

What a friendly neighborhood I live in! This morning, I\u2019m walking around the streets of Shoreline, Washington, and as I\u2019m waiting at a crosswalk, I see in the window of the house next to me\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026a wooden cross\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 a Bush\/Cheney poster\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 a digital-readout message panel that is flashing these words to all who pass by: \u201cLiberals \u2013 THE ENEMIES WITHIN\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 and a security camera, pointing right at me and anyone who happens to walk by and notice the sign. Why? To record our reactions? Will my name go on a list if the sign made me shake my head in dismay?<\/p>\n

Hmm. Can you smell the hatred?<\/p>\n

On that note\u2026<\/p>\n

WANT DEMOCRACY FOR EVERYONE?<\/span>
\nMark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War <\/em>and Winter\u2019s Tale <\/em>(two of my favorite novels), turns in one of his thought-provoking editorials<\/a> at the Los Angeles Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A FUTURE FOR FIREFLY<\/em>?<\/span>
\nIs there hope for the Browncoats? The \u201cmaybes\u201d cointinue. SciFiWire stokes the fires of hope<\/a> for Serenity 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

HOW HOODWINKED <\/em>HAPPENED<\/span>
\nThe Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/a><\/em> tells the real story behind the real story of Red Riding Hood.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE WHITE COUNTESS<\/span>
\n Adam Walter reviews the last collaboration of Merchant and Ivory.<\/a><\/p>\n

SNL: SCARLETT <\/em>NIGHT LIVE<\/span>
\nJohansson\u2019s hosted SNL<\/a> last night, with Death Cab for Cutie\u2026 just so you know, so you can be furious right along with me if you missed it.<\/p>\n

STILL NO WINNER<\/span>
\n Half-Shot Contest #4<\/a> seems to be stumping everybody. Have you made your guess? Remember: The film is in color, not black and white. The film is more than 20 years old.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"