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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 26, 2012

  I’ve been an enthusiastic film buff for decades — I’m passionate about the Golden Age of Hollywood — but my movie-going has drastically dropped, as it has for millions of other Americans, during this economic recession (which reportedly ended a few years ago). Since gasoline, film box office tickets, and popcorn concession costs have [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 11, 2012

  News is just now breaking that Whitney Houston, the singing phenomenon whose unparalleled voice and beauty were as impressive and immense as her personal troubles, has died. Houston was only 48. No word has yet been released on the cause of death nor the location of her death. I’m beyond stunned and am finding [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 27, 2012

  The antipiracy legislation of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) was the most closely followed news topic last week among Americans ages 18 to 29, per a newly released Pew Research Center poll. The controversial, vaguely written, power-grabbing congressional bills have been halted in their tracks, following a titanic outcry [...]

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