American - Journalist | 1962 -
In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
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Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both.
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Vampires are sleek demons for good times. They suavely leech off society - like investment bankers who plunder outsize shares of deals for themselves or rapacious fund managers.
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Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.
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The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.
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Anti-New Deal rhetoric has never disappeared from American political life.
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The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they should be subject to every reckless driving and endangerment law on the books - but they should also not be singled out for special punishment.
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There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.
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Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.
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