Cinnekklesia enthusiastically reviews movies new and old, popular and unpopular, good and bad, from all genres and many perspectives. Its unifying theme is a faith-friendly attitude, assuming that concern with spirituality, religion and morality is normal and healthy for readers, reviewers and fictional characters alike.
Plus, it includes a few reviews by me. Take a look!
Bartleby.com
This extensive reference archive began as an electronic copy of the ninth edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (and yes, the title does reference Melville). Today, it offers dictionaries, thesauri, stylebooks, great literary texts in full, and more -- all free, fast and easy. This is the Web ideal, and a service to all.Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!
This hilarious, "oddly informative" news quiz originates in Chicago and airs weekly on my local National Public Radio station. But if your station doesn't carry it -- or if you miss the broadcast because, darn it, they just haven't yet invented TiVo for radio -- download the podcast and upload the laughter.Bay Area Travel Guide
Getting around in northern California? This site is indispensable!Essayists and Columnists (in alphabetical order by surname)
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Ellen Goodman (Society and Popular Culture)
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Andrew Greeley (Society and Religion)
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Molly Ivins (Politics: Liberal) [Deceased 02/01/07 -- Her writing will be greatly missed.]
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Charlie McCollum (Television)
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Leonard Pitts (Society and Popular Culture)
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Richard Reeves (Politics: Moderate)
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George Will (Politics: Conservative)
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Comic Strips (in alphabetical order by title)
Contemporary
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The Boondocks by Aaron MacGruder
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Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau
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Fox Trot by Bill Amend
Classic
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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Peanuts by Charles Schulz
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The American Civil Liberties Union
We the people need every citizen to know her rights, and recognize that a right lost to any one person is lost to all. For resources, after the Constitution itself, the national ACLU homepage is not a bad place to begin. Animewallpapers.com
Find a wide variety of desktop-ready, fan-crafted art celebrating almost every Japanese animated program to have reached US shores with its story intact.-
Paste Magazine
A music review magazine, Paste covers an eclectic breadth unimaginable to contemporary corporate radio. Additionally, in its early issues, Paste sometimes reviewed books, and published a few reviews by me. Wouldn't you like to read what I had to say about Simon Winchester's The Meaning of Everything? Robin McKinley's Sunshine? Rose Macaulay's The Towers of Trebizond? Take a look. The Holy See
Of particular interest to Roman Catholics, the Vatican On-Line is also of general interest for its news services and archives. My link is set for English; five other languages are also available.
The Internet resources recommended here belong to their respective proprietors and are not a part of this site; the recommendations represent solely the tastes and standards of Amy K. Rambow. Please report any broken links. Please respect all claims and disclaimers by authors, artists and other owners of material on the sites recommended here! I intend no copyright infringement of any kind by this listing.
