Mark Whittington - Yahoo! Voices

Obama's Holy War Against the Church Will Not End Well

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:58:50 EDT

Back during the 2008 campaign, then candidate Barack Obama groused about certain people who bitterly clung to “their God and their guns” to a group of well heeled and presumably secular liberal donors in San Francisco.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Feb 09, 2012

'Iron Sky': Moon Nazis vs. President Sarah Palin in 2018

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15:54 EDT

'Iron Sky,' the movie about Nazis on the Moon, has been in development for the past five or six years. Now it appears that it will hit movie screens on April 4. It also appears that they have picked the wrong president of the United States to mess with.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Feb 08, 2012

Trump Endorsement of Romney More About Trump Than About Romney

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:16:08 EDT

After a day in which there was some confusion about whom he was actually endorsed, celebrity real estate mogul and television personality Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president at a Las Vegas press conference.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Feb 02, 2012

'Game Change' Meant to Stop Sarah Palin Campaign that Didn't Happen

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:19:30 EDT

Conservatives4Palin has a story about the upcoming HBO movie “Game Change” based on the John Heilemann and Mark Halperin book which was an account of the 2008 election that brought Barack Obama to the presidency.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Feb 01, 2012

Recap: 'Justified,' Season 3, Episode 3, 'Harlan Roulette'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:53:32 EDT

'Justified,' Season 3, Episode 3, 'Harlan Roulette' begins with Ava having a parley with Limehouse to set up another meeting with Boyd. Boyd is interested in splitting Maggs Bennett’s legacy, once Dicky joins her in the afterlife.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Feb 01, 2012

Recap: 'House M. D.,' Season 8, Episode 10, 'Runaways'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:40:01 EDT

'House M. D.,' Season 8, Episode 10, 'Runaways,' had a number of interesting threads, not the least of which was the case of Callie, a teenage runaway with the usual unusual symptoms to baffle and amuse the House team.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 31, 2012

Recap: 'Once Upon a Time,' Season 1, Episode 11, 'Fruit of the Poisonous Tree'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:45:43 EDT

'Once Upon a Time,' Season 1, Episode 11, 'Fruit of the Poisonous Tree' contains a twist on the Genie in the lamp story in the fairy tale world and a story of the perils of investigative reporting in the real world.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 30, 2012

Does Mitt Romney Have a Commercial Space Vision?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:46:30 EDT

While Newt Gingrich’s approach to space policy would be heavily weighted toward encouraging the private sector, space observers have been wondering how much the Mitt Romney approach, once it is formulated, will rely on commercial space.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 29, 2012

'Underworld: Awakening' with Kate Bekinsale -- Heavy on Action, Light on Plot

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:05:46 EDT

There is not much one can say about 'Underworld: Awakening,' the fourth is the franchise about a war between vampires and werewolves. Plot and character take second place to action and Kate Beckinsale looking good dealing death and mayhem.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 28, 2012

Recap: 'Archer,' Season 3, “Episode 2, 'El Contador'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:05:07 EDT

'Archer,' Season 3, “Episode 2, 'El Contador' features an operation to snatch a drug kingpin from the middle of a South American jungle in order to earn ISIS a million dollar bounty from the DEA.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 27, 2012

'Touch' Starring Kiefer Sutherland Premieres on the Fox Network

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:32:39 EDT

The new Fox TV series, 'Touch,' which stars Kiefer Sutherland as a harried father of an apparently autistic child, is one of the strangest shows to appear on network television. It is also one of the most confusing.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 26, 2012

Recap: 'Justified,' Season 3, Episode 2, 'Cut Ties'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:01:33 EDT

'Justified,' Season 3, Episode 2, 'Cut Ties,' features the introduction of a new character and the return of a beloved old Elmore Leonard character played, once again, by the incomparable Carla Gugino.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 25, 2012

Recap: 'House M.D.,' Season 8, Episode 9, 'Better Half'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:13:52 EDT

The unfortunate patient in 'House M.D.,' Season 8, Episode 9, 'Better Half' is a man named Andres who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. He has a long suffering young wife named Natalie and, most alarmingly, starts to cough up blood.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 24, 2012

Recap: 'Alcatraz,' Season 1, Episode 3, 'Kit Nelson'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:46:30 EDT

'Alcatraz,' Season 1, Episode 3, 'Kit Nelson' concerns a child murderer of the same name who was condemned to Alcatraz in the late 1950s and who is now in the present day setting about his grisly work.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 24, 2012

Recap: 'Once Upon a Time,' Season 1, Episode 10, '7:15 A.M.'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:00 EDT

The title of 'Once Upon a Time,' Season 1, Episode 10, '7:15 A.M.' refers to the time Mary Margaret lurks in Granny’s coffee shop to stalk David as he picks up his morning brew on his way to his job at the animal shelter.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 23, 2012

In Defense of Paula Deen

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:46:28 EDT

I have to admit that Paula Deen is one of my favorites on the Food Network, along with (and for different reasons) Gaida de Laurentis, Bobby Flay, and the incomparable Guy Fieri. So when I heard she had type 2 diabetes, I was all sympathy.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 22, 2012

Gabrielle Giffords' Decision to Resign the Right One

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:41:41 EDT

According to the Arizona Daily Star, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords plans to step down from Congress next week to focus on her recovery. While some might argue that the decision was taken months too late, it is nevertheless the right one.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 22, 2012

'Red Tails,' George Lucas' Film of the Tuskegee Airmen

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:52:45 EDT

'Red Tails,' the George Lucas produced film about the all African American World War II fighter unit known as the Tuskegee Airmen, is an epic that is great on spectacle and broad themes, but light on nuance.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 21, 2012

The French Are Planning a 'Napoleonland' Theme Park; Comme C'est Bizarre!

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:34 EDT

A report in the UK Telegraph covers a planned theme park that only the French could envision. In effect the park would be 'Napoleonland,' celebrating the life and achievements of France’s greatest conqueror.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 20, 2012

Recap: 'Archer,' Season 3, Episode 1, 'The Man from Jupiter'

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Mark Whittington) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:50:51 EDT

'Archer,' Season 3, Episode 1, 'The Man from Jupiter,' sees our favorite clueless secret agent stumbling badly in trying to pick up a woman from a bar. Note: Never say to a woman that her friend is “the hot one” when trying to seduce both of them.

Contributor: Mark Whittington
Published: Jan 20, 2012