Entertainment Weekly names Homer Simpson the greatest - The Christian Science Monitor
Homer Simpson Vampire Slayer," played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, came third in the list followed by Tony Soprano from HBO drama series "The Sopranos" and comic book villain the Joker played by late Australian actor Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight

Book stricken from class list - Baton Rouge Advocate
LAFAYETTE — “The Bluest Eye” was removed as a reading option in an English class at Lafayette High School last month after a parent questioned the book’s graphic descriptions of a rape. The teacher voluntarily removed the book as an option

R.V. removes book from library - Burlington County Times
MOUNT HOLLY - A controversial book will be removed from the library at Rancocas Valley Regional High School, the school board has ruled. "Revolutionary Voices: a Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology" was removed under pressure from a group that felt

Supreme Court nominee Kagan's quotes on Senate confirmation process in book review - fox4kc.com
Excerpts from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's review of Stephen Carter's book "A Confirmation Mess," in which she talks about the Senate's Supreme Court confirmation process: — "It is an embarrassment that the president and Senate do not always insist, as a threshold requirement, that a

Sarah Silverman's Book Takes Some (Awesome) Stabs at Fox News - Gather.com
about 'immigration,' not 'filthy Mexicans.'" Fox News isn't one to take the high road, so they of course responded in kind with the following statement: "Sarah's anger is understandable having recently lost her television show. We sympathize with her need for attention considering her book is

Alaska gov says he's disgusted that man writing Palin book moved in next door to former gov - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he'd like to see more space between Sarah Palin and the man who moved in next door to the former governor while he writes a book about her. Parnell appeared on Fox Business Network's "Cavuto" on Wednesday and told host Neil Cavuto that he was

Liberalism, failings of: a history - Times Union
Today, as it has been for a century, American politics is an argument between two Princetonians progressivism, according to William Voegeli of the Claremont Review of Books, in his new book "Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State."

Book Asks: Is Internet Ruining Our Minds? - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When author Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is ruining our minds, he restricted his online access and e-mail and turned off his Twitter and Facebook accounts. His new book "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains" argues the latest

The Walking Dead Author Robert Kirkman on His AMC Show - Nymag.com
Regular readers of our blog probably know how excited we are for The Walking Dead , AMC's upcoming Frank Darabont–produced TV adaptation of Robert Kirkman's awesome long-running zombie-apocalypse comic-book series. Premiering in October, Dead