But that view is nonsense, and in "America the Philosophical" Carlin Romano rightly dismisses it.Also reviewed: The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation (Little, Brown), by James Donovan (here), and James Joyce: A New Biography (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), by Gordon Bowker (here).A new issue of the London Review of Books is out. [read post]

Strangelove" (16) "Flight of the Conchords" (4) "Game Change" (2) "Get Smart" (1) "Gran Torino" (10) "Grey Gardens" (13) "I Shouldn't Be Alive" (4) "Limelight" (3) "Meet the Press" (20) "Moby Dick" (5) "My Dinner with Andre" (34) "Mystery Science Theater" (2) "Project Runway" (78) "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" (3) "Seinfeld" (72) "Sex and the City" (14) "Slacker" (11) "Slumdog Millionaire" (16) "SNL" (60) "Sopranos" (50) "South Park" (71) "Star Trek" (12) "Star Wars" (25) "Survivor" (50)… [read post]