Category: Opinions/Editorials

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Note: Originally Published 1-6-07 As my wife and I both have careers that afford us the luxury of vacation time between December 23rd and January 8th, we decided that to sit around the house twiddling our thumbs, while inexpensive, would be a terribly foolish use of time on our parts. Hence, in an incredibly impulsive…

Meeting Michael Chabon

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Note: Originally Published 5-24-07 About a year ago, Michael Chabon (who is, in my opinion, America’s greatest living author) had been scheduled to do a book signing at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago in order to promote his latest novel, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union. One problem-the book got delayed for many different reasons. That…

The Best Book You’ve Never Read

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Note: Originally Published 6-9-07 About once a year, I like to remind my friends that there is a superb book out there they’ve never read. It’s by a terribly talented man from my neck of the woods named Ken Bradbury. The book is a short story collection called homerville, and if you grew up or…

The Importance of Action

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Note: Originally Published 10-14-07 You may have seen on the news lately the wise and all-knowing talking heads are coming down pretty hard on Barack Obama because he dared to put on a suit without an American flag pin on his lapel. It must have been a slow news day, for this thing blew up…

Feed Your Habit While Supporting Your Libraries

Aug 18, 2008

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Knowing we had a baby on the way and I was taking a year off work to be a stay-at-home dad, I understood we had to start cutting back on nonessential purchases. Among those things I deemed unnecessary to buy were graphic novels. However, as a lover of the genre for over twenty-seven years, there…

First Reaction to the Watchmen Trailer

Jul 24, 2008

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If you read my reaction to the Watchmen “first look” still photos released some time ago (https://scottwilliamfoley.com/2008/03/07/a-reaction-to-the-first-look-watchmen-photographs/), you know that I’m totally supporting Zach Snyder’s efforts with Alan Moore’s seminal series. The first thing I’d like people to understand is that no one will create a “by the book” interpretation of Moore’s groundbreaking work. The…

Too Good To Pass Up – Hellboy and James Lipton

Jul 1, 2008

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What can I say? Putting Hellboy and James Lipton together is like chocolate and peanut butter – it just doesn’t get any better.

Wait … Fifty Books For Three Weeks At No Cost? That’s Crazy Awesome!

Jun 24, 2008

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So now that we have a baby girl arriving in a few days, Kristen and I are looking for new and innovative ways to save money. One of the best ways for me to personally save us a few dollars is to cut down on my book buying. Apparently there’s this facility in most towns…

Goodbye, Old Friend – Pictures

Jun 21, 2008

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