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This is the full archive of my media commentary column for the VC Reporter, which is the alternative newspaper for Ventura County, California. Clicking on the article title will take you to the VC Reporter website, to the online version of the article. (Their website can be glitchy, and they sometimes leave out italics and stuff.)

If you'd rather sacrifice the thrill of surfing in favor of a "clean read," click on the edition date (under the article title) to read the same article from my original document (in some cases, this version has some extra text that was edited out by the paper).

It's been a good, enjoyable ride, and I thank all the supportive readers along the way.

Happy Trails, Kids -- published (with revision) on April 2, 2009 *
March 19, 2009 -- original content

I Am An Epic Nerd (given a different title by the newspaper)
March 5, 2009

Good Television
February 19, 2009

Blood, Sweat and Milk
February 5, 2009

Boomer Say "What?"
January 22, 2009

Have a Paradox
January 8, 2009

New Year Delights
December 24, 2008

Desperate Prognosticating
December 11, 2008

Six Degrees of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2008

The Revolution Has Been Televised
November 13 , 2008

Mad Mentality
October 30, 2008

Cultural Domestic Terror
October 16 , 2008

Winning
October 2 , 2008

New Fall TV Roundup (published a week later)
September 18 , 2008

9-0-2-1-Oh No You Di'int!
September 4 , 2008

Deconstructing is Easy, Comedy is Hard
August 21, 2008

Guiltiest Pleasure
August 7, 2008

Ouroboros
July 24, 2008

Summer Super Happy Watch Go-Go Tube Hooray!
July 10, 2008

Alternate Reality
June 26, 2008

Summer Pleasures
June 12, 2008

Shut Up and Dance
May 29, 2008 (revised column)
May 22, 2008 (original column)

Robert Downey Jr. Is a Cool Cat (edited)
May 8, 2008 (preferred)

In Berlanti We Trust
April 24, 2008

McDreamy, Betty, Shatner -- You're Home!
April 10, 2008

Invasion of the Oscar Snatchers
March 27, 2008

Oprah: Out of the Closet
March 13, 2008

The Oscars Sucked
February 28, 2008

Brown is the New Beige
February 14, 2008

Take Two Tabloids and Call Me in the Morning
January 31, 2008

Canadians Are Now Cooler Than Us
January 17, 2008

Television Apes Reality
January 3, 2008

Good Santa
December 20, 2007

Divine Intervention (edited version -- not recommended)
December 6, 2007 (preferred version)

Some Unfettered Thanksgiving
November 21, 2007

Living La Vida Rear Window
November 8, 2007

The New Fall TV Season
October 25, 2007

Elective Subjects
October 11, 2007

Merv, Tony Soprano & the Real World
September 27, 2007

Happy Birthday to Me
September 13, 2007

What Would Katharine Hepburn Do?
August 30, 2007

When Guilty Pleasures Go Mainstream
August 17, 2007

 

*A note about the final two articles. I titled my March 5 column "I Am An Epic Nerd" and the editors retitled it "White and Nerdy." I thought it was racist; they didn't. I requested an explanation/retraction; they wouldn't. I gave my notice. (As usual, the "white" link is my version, and the "blue" link is theirs; the differences in versions is especially telling in the last two articles . . . and therein lies the rub.)