Scrutinizing culture.

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• Where Is the Schmaltz of Yesteryear? Christmas Eve in a Jewish deli.
  Ron Rosenbaum Dec. 27, 2007
  
• The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever An ode to obsessive listening.
  Ron Rosenbaum Dec. 14, 2007
  
• Talkin' World War III The return of the repressed.
  Ron Rosenbaum Nov. 29, 2007
  
• In Defense of Obama's Patriotism A dissent on the pledge.
  Ron Rosenbaum Nov. 12, 2007
  
• A Tale of Two Comics Meet the anti-Seinfeld, Jerry's brilliant, twisted, evil twin.
  Ron Rosenbaum Nov. 2, 2007
  
• Who Will Rule Us After the Next 9/11? The reality of NSPD-51 is almost as bad as the paranoia.
  Ron Rosenbaum Oct. 19, 2007
  
• Magazines, Bring Back the Write-Around! Regain your dignity with this secret weapon.
  Ron Rosenbaum Oct. 4, 2007
  
• The Israel Lobby and the Second Holocaust Debate An emblematic error in a controversial book.
  Ron Rosenbaum Sept. 19, 2007
  
• The Return of the Doomsday Machine? Please don't count on me to save the world again.
  Ron Rosenbaum Aug. 31, 2007
  
• The Worst Op-Ed Ever Written? A professor makes you feel sorry for Starbucks.
  Ron Rosenbaum Aug. 14, 2007
  
• Getting Comfy With Genocide Is the word losing its power to shock us into action?
  Ron Rosenbaum Aug. 1, 2007
  
• Alger Hiss Rides Again Spy case erupts; defenders turn to Nixonian tactics.
  Ron Rosenbaum July 16, 2007
  
• The Worst Celebrity Profile Ever Written? Angelina Jolie, "the best woman in the world."
  Ron Rosenbaum June 19, 2007
  
• The Return of the Magic Bullet Two new JFK books clash over conspiracy theory.
  Ron Rosenbaum June 1, 2007
  
• Cancer Comes to Country Music Old-fashioned tear-jerking or emotional porn?
  Ron Rosenbaum May 18, 2007
  
• Abu Ghraib, Virginia Tech, The Sopranos, Tarantino Trapped in the fog of media violence.
  Ron Rosenbaum May 4, 2007
  
• "Where the Wings Have No Shame" What's Skymall culture really about?
  Ron Rosenbaum April 18, 2007
  
• Saul Bellow and the Bad Fish A new way of explaining the genius of Ravelstein.
  Ron Rosenbaum April 3, 2007
  
• The Hostile New Age Takeover of Yoga There's nothing worse than narcissism posing as humility.
  Ron Rosenbaum March 21, 2007
  
• The Last Temptation of Norman Mailer What will he make of "Hitler's Chappaquiddick"?
  Ron Rosenbaum March 6, 2007