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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Not a fight worth having, since it boils down to personal preference. "Is not, is too, is not, is too."
I think they're both marvelous. Personally, I find The Wire more satisfying because I feel The Sopranos is often too episodic, starting interesting sub-plots and then dropping them half-resolved. But that's a minor quibble given the powerful character arcs of the series. The Wire is less sloppy in this way, more coherent in terms of dealing with every sub-plot introduced, which is why it has the edge for me.
Others may feel the characters in The Sopranos are better realized, more complex and ultimately more genuine. I won't argue the point.
But in the end, they're both subline. I watched both obsessively, unlike just about any other television series I've ever seen.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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