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“Criminal Minds,”“The Mentalist, “and the pathology of rural America
Thomas Gibson playing Agent Hotchner, scowling as usual Like it or not, most Americans get their notions of mental health from the media, including the numerous television shows in which serial killers...
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The Mentalist, Melville, Blake, and Israel
Simon Baker as The Mentalist SPOILER ALERT. The popular CBS show The Mentalist had a razzle-dazzle finale ending its third season. Not only was Captain Ahab mentioned, and the Blake poem that had ended...
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The television season goes Dark
I understand that television is not considered to be other than escapist entertainment, and not a business with pretensions to artiness or literariness, but there are many critics who treat its more...
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Hatred and sanity
Nazi ad for Der ewige Jude Despite the fact that Psalms 97:10 adjures the faithful “O you who love the Lord, hate evil!” (Tanakh), I’m writing this blog because a dispute broke out on a friend’s FB...
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