Sunday, November 8, 2009 East Central Illinois

Pseudo-Intellectual

Posted by Jim Dey

9/25/2009 – There's a great show at the Virginia Theater Saturday night (Sept. 26)

9/16/2009 – Get the inside dope on the Rhoads murder case

9/14/2009 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Clubs Volume XLVII

7/29/2009 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club, Vol. XLVI

3/17/2009 – Bill Ayers - the UI's most famous fraud

2/4/2009 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club, Vol. XLIV

12/9/2008 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club, Vol. XLIII

12/2/2008 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vol. XLI

9/16/2008 – Obama and Palin - the inexperienced ticket ...

9/12/2008 – Sarah does an Obama...

9/5/2008 – Everybody's talking about Sarah

7/21/2008 – "The audacity of vanity"

7/7/2008 – Free speech on campus?

7/3/2008 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vol. XXXX

7/2/2008 – Malleable messiah reinvents himself

7/1/2008 – Pols either don't know or don't care what they're talking about

6/27/2008 – Harsh words for the Messiah

6/26/2008 – The public is in a foul mood ...

6/24/2008 – We love to think we know ...

6/20/2008 – Under Obama, the liberals have their mojo back

6/18/2008 – More bad news on the oil front?

6/17/2008 – Tim Russert overkill?

6/10/2008 – Done in by your wants, not your needs?

6/3/2008 – Obama was outnumbered, but not outgunned

5/14/2008 – The truth? Voters can't handle the truth!

5/6/2008 – What's the difference between Hillary and Barack?

5/5/2008 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vol. XXXIX

5/1/2008 – In politics, when the going gets tough...

4/30/2008 – High gasoline prices hurt...

4/23/2008 – He's got her under his skin...

4/18/2008 – From Messiah one day to cynical pol the next

4/10/2008 – A reminder to those who think the war on terror is over

4/4/2008 – Barack Obama is a likable guy ...

4/2/2008 – Hard to know what to make of this bombshell

3/31/2008 – Politics - two sides of the coin

3/28/2008 – Hillary put her life on the line...

3/26/2008 – Is the economy really that bad?

3/25/2008 – A plea (not from Bill) for Hillary to get out

3/21/2008 – The audacity of Barack Obama

3/17/2008 – Hope or narcicissm?

3/14/2008 – I'm a victim. No, I'm a victim.

3/13/2008 – Spitzer's rise and fall was great theater

3/12/2008 – A different perspective on the Spitzer fiasco?

3/11/2008 – Interested in getting a tattoo?

3/10/2008 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vol. XXXVIII

3/5/2008 – 'The Messiah' in the Oval Office

2/20/2008 – Obama is hot stuff, but is he real?

2/19/2008 – "Letters from Iwo Jima" a movie worth seeing

2/14/2008 – Is the Messiah becoming a bore?

2/12/2008 – Two hard-core liberals at swords' points

2/11/2008 – The cult of Obama to a foreigner

1/25/2008 – Why are politicians so despicable?

1/7/2008 – The Flashman series of historical novels is over

1/3/2008 – What's wrong with making a list, checking it twice?

1/2/2008 – Has the U.S. turned the corner in Iraq?

12/14/2007 – Calling all gadget freaks

12/12/2007 – Self-defense or murder?

11/20/2007 – Attention sports fans

11/19/2007 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vo. XXXVI.

11/12/2007 – More on the PC rot on our campuses

11/6/2007 – College students' re-education camp closed

10/30/2007 – The University of Illinois trails the University of Delaware

10/30/2007 – Section 8 debate in NYC

10/11/2007 – 20-plus-year-old murder case is unofficially over

10/8/2007 – Famous UI alum reflects on Chief Illiniwek's absence

10/1/2007 – When Hillary Clinton laughs, people wonder why

9/21/2007 – OK, genius, time to do your stuff.

9/10/2007 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Volume XXXV

9/6/2007 – How big a travesty was the Duke lacrosse team rape case? Really big!

9/5/2007 – Immigration has an undeniable link to our national poverty rate

8/7/2007 – Is the GOP learning disabled?

8/6/2007 – Members of Congress gone wild

8/1/2007 – Bill Walsh -- architect of a game

7/27/2007 – Another ugly turn for the Clinton campaign

7/25/2007 – These anti-war protests are really getting ugly.

7/17/2007 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXXIV

6/29/2007 – Jim Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vol. XXXIII

6/1/2007 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXXII

4/9/2007 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXXI

3/30/2007 – Zodiac -- A rare movie that I liked

1/19/2007 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXIX

1/15/2007 – Who the heck is Fred Fielding?

12/15/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXVIII

11/21/2006 – If you ever get to Austin, Tex., ....

11/10/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Volume XXVII.

10/2/2006 – The steroids article that has Roger Clemens steamed

10/2/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Volume XXVI.

9/18/2006 – Bad news for Mike Frerichs?

9/15/2006 – Interesting news of the day 9/15/06

9/15/2006 – It wasn't exactly '12 Angry Men'

9/8/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Volume XXV.

9/5/2006 – Is George Ryan on his way to the joint? Absolutely!

9/1/2006 – Stories that I found interesting.

8/31/2006 – More random news

8/30/2006 – Random news of the day

7/7/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Volume XXIV - Five Families

6/9/2006 – Forgive the length. This is important.

5/22/2006 – About that smoking ban ...

5/12/2006 – "Marley and Me" and You

5/2/2006 – Bush comedy bit has audience seeing double

5/1/2006 – Literary legends deserve an audience

4/21/2006 – Big George's big comeuppance

4/21/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Volume XXIII.

4/21/2006 – Voters -- even GOP voters -- aren't required to be stupid

4/7/2006 – The District 9 disaster

4/4/2006 – Illini hoops practice starts in seven months

3/13/2006 – Let's get two wins -- and then worry about UConn

2/22/2006 – Ryan was never going to testify

2/20/2006 – I know George Ryan, and he's a saint

2/20/2006 – Illini make my head hurt

2/10/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXII. -

2/6/2006 – Looking for a good movie at the video store -- try

1/23/2006 – Will Ryan testify? If he does, it will be a great show

1/6/2006 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XXI -- Flashman

1/3/2006 – Crooked judge eludes another conviction 12/31/05 column

1/3/2006 – Family fight over 'Beckett-crats' forces Dems to choose sides

1/3/2006 – Spielberg's "Munich" not bad if you don't expect much

12/6/2005 – Fighting Illini hoopsters are looking good

12/6/2005 – The movie "Capote" actually was pretty good

12/2/2005 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XX.

12/1/2005 – Birkett may be out of politics for now, but he's still interested

11/28/2005 – State now after crooked judge's lawyer -- col. 11/26/05

11/22/2005 – More weird developments in Rhoads' case 11/19/05 column

11/18/2005 – Novelist John Updike has some thoughts about Flashman, too

11/18/2005 – The Flashman series -- a wonderful story on a set of great books

11/14/2005 – No room in 'Laramie' legend for ambiguity 11/12/05 column

11/7/2005 – Fallout from Rhoads murders stains the courts 11/5/05 N-G col.

10/28/2005 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XIX.

9/26/2005 – Edgar's wife getting more and more strident in opposition

9/26/2005 – Ryan trial -- Read all about the corruption

9/12/2005 – Edgar hems and haws about his future

9/12/2005 – Hard to believe Edgar will run, but he just might

8/24/2005 – Rutherford vows high energy campaign for Secretary of State

8/22/2005 – Great raid -- mediocre movie

8/19/2005 – Obama love-fest

7/8/2005 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club: Vol. XVIII.

6/14/2005 – Love him? Hate him? But you can't ignore Bill Clinton!

6/13/2005 – Was gone for a while. Now I'm back for a while.

5/16/2005 – Blago in trouble?. Don't bet too much money on it!

5/3/2005 – Like baseball? Murder? You might find these interesting.

4/29/2005 – Social Security blues

4/29/2005 – Sleeping with the fishes

4/26/2005 – Da mob is back in da news

4/20/2005 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vol. XVII

4/20/2005 – Blago shows he's got what it takes

4/7/2005 – Mysterious Matombo nails me

4/6/2005 – Booing Blago

3/30/2005 – I love this game!

3/30/2005 – Big Chief story really isn't

3/25/2005 – Why not truth in labeling?

3/25/2005 – I read the book. The movie's better.

3/11/2005 – Jim's Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club Vo. XVI

3/10/2005 – Top cops uninterested in 'person of interest'

2/22/2005 – Fear and self-loathing?

2/15/2005 – Sorry sweetheart, you're taking the fall!

2/2/2005 – Nick Smith - The Fighting Illini's quote machine

11/18/2004 – All hail Mayor Laurel!

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