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Health Care Reform Needs an Action Hero

Amy Goodman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Canadian Healthcare, Tommy Douglas, Rush Limbaugh, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Medicare, 24, Barack Obama, William Kostric, Health Care, Politics News
Amy Goodman

Kiefer Sutherland, who plays a rogue intelligence agent in 24, is the grandson of Tommy Douglas, who is credited with creating the modern Canadian universal health-care system.

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24 and the Tortuous Politics of Torture

William Bradley | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dirty Harry, Gallup Poll, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Kiefer Sutherland, Dick Cheney, James T. Kirk, Bob Graham, Jack Bauer, 24, Leon Panetta, John McCain, Torture, mi5, Al Qaeda, Howard Gordon, Cia, Laura Ingraham, Annie Wersching, Jon Voight, Saddam Hussein, Blackwater, Aclu, Fbi, Powers Boothe, Spooks, Politics News
William Bradley

For Dick Cheney, if there's a 1% chance of a terror plot existing, it should be treated as a certainty. It's one thing when that sort of manipulation is used to entertain, and quite another when it's used to govern.

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Cheney in 2012? It's Cheney in 2010

Matt Littman | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ahmadinejad, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Jack Bauer, Cheney, Darth Vader, Limbaugh, Condi Rice, Ari Fleischer, Politics News
Matt Littman

There are those who write that Dick Cheney should have run for President in 2008. There are those, on this Web site in particular, who say he should ...

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Comedic King Lear and Jack Bauer Clone - Audiobook Reviews

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Harper Audio, Euan Morton, Penguin Audio, Jester, Libidinous Comedy, Austin Powers, "The Silent Man'" Alex Berenson, Jason Bourne, Spy Novel, Jack Bauer, "Fool, Shakespeare, Harpercollins, " Christopher Moore, Monty Python, George Guidall, Pocket, Media News
Tom Alderman

In Fool, Moore's sell is his Pythonesque-meets-Austin-Powers dialogue and descriptors, delivered on these CDs with sly British sincerity and skill by Euan Morton.

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The "Beautiful Kidnapper" and Other Simple Responses to Torture Arguments

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, 24, Jack Bauer, Torture, Ticking Timebomb, Beautiful Kidnapper, Waterboarding, Torture Memos, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The next time somebody mentions the 'ticking time bomb' scenario, hit 'em with 'the beautiful kidnapper' - then ask them if they believe in marriage and the family.

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What's Television Telling Us About American Men in Deep-uh-?

David Finkle | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Men's Studies, Damages, Monk, Burn Notice, Society Trends, The Fugitive, Rescue Me, Mad Men, Television, Series Television, Men's Psychology, Entertainment, Saving Grace, Eli Stone, Life, 24, Charlie Crews of Life, Ironside, Happiness, Pain-Killers, Gregory House, John Carter, Fox's House, House, The Sopranos, Er, Vicodin, Les Miserables, Tony Soprano, Paul Weston, Artie Gavin, Health, American Men, Jack Bauer, Don Draper, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Maybe this is an overdue recognition that men -- traditionally socialized to be strong, to deny their flaws adamantly -- are finally able to come face to face with them.

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Rubbernecking: An Additional Ten Reality Shows I'd Like to See

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Fox TV, Spa Vacation, Project Runway, Lindsay Lohan, I'm a Celebrity...Now Get Me Out of Here!, Rock of Love, Levi Johnson, Heidi Klum, Bo Obama, Big John, La Lohan, Rod Blagojevich, Bret Michaels, Guantanamo Bay, First Dog, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer, Polar Bears, Canyon Ranch, Somalian Pirates, Chris Bosh, Kenley Collins, 24, Deadbeat Dads, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

Lindsay Hop - in which we follow La Lohan on her merry adventures tearing through Hollywood's party scene whilst destroying thousands of brain cells.

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Send Rupert Murdoch A Message He Truly Understands

Scott Foval | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox Chicago, Sean Delonas, Simpsons, Newscorp, Myspace, Chimpanzee, Fox Radio, New York Post, Jack Bauer, Rupert Murdoch, Racism, Family Guy, Fox News, Hate Speech, American Idol, Cartoon, Monkeys, Fox Television, Media News
Scott Foval

Hit his big white Right Winger pocketbook right through his pants. Dump all of NewsCorp's properties and teach these extremist bigots a lesson in a way they'll remember.

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This Week in Magazines: Cybercrime, Financial Aristocrats and Snakes

James Warren | Posted 03.11.2009 | Media

Read More: This Week in Magazines, Time, Snakes, Cybercrime, Jack Bauer, The New Republic, Businessweek, Media News
James Warren

So what kind of guy is engaged to Uma Thurman, is a magnanimous patron of charities, and is proof that, if born with a huge silver spoon in your mouth, you can still do good while doing well?

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Hey Sutherland! Hire Me to Be Your Publicist

David Danzig | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

Read More: TV and Torture, Kiefer Sutherland, Torture, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland Gaurdian, Ga, 24, Media News
David Danzig

My first bit of advice: stop talking to the Guardian. Man, that interview with you that they ran this week did you no favors.

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What Jack Bauer Has Not Done

Brigadier Gen. David R. Irvine | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: 24 Torture, Jack Bauer Torture, 24 Tv Show, 24, Jack Bauer, Politics News
Brigadier Gen. David R. Irvine

It is particularly regrettable that Jack Bauer, in his new season, is shown persuading a "naïve" FBI agent that torture is the ultimate weapon in democracy's arsenal.

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Distraught Conservatives Retreating into the Realm of Fantasy

Brandon Friedman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Redstate, Joe the Plumber, Defense Mechanisms, Conservatives, Humor, Fantasy, Jack Bauer, Torture, 24 and Torture, Primetime Torture Project, 24, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

For conservative talking heads and bloggers, 24's Jack Bauer has become a surrogate -- a stand-in -- for the leaders they wish they had.

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Lame Legacy

John Feffer | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nobel, Jack Bauer, Bush Legacy, Legacy, 24, Bush, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, War on Terror, George W. Bush, Politics News
John Feffer

With only one week left in what 61% of U.S. historians have called the worst presidency ever, it is time for one last, squirming appraisal of the damage done.

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24, Torture, and the Obama Age

David Danzig | Posted 02.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 24 and Torture, Primetime Torture Project, 24, Torture, Jack Bauer, Entertainment News
David Danzig

24 returns with a new season after a 20 month hiatus. Jack Bauer finds himself in a different United States at the dawn of 2009 -- the "age of Obama" -- as do the rest of us.

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"24's" Jack Bauer Goes To Washington

AP | MATT HURWITZ | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 24, Television, Jack Bauer, Keifer Sutherland, Entertainment News

WASHINGTON — Early one cold November morning, actress Annie Wersching leads Kiefer Sutherland to an "armored" SUV with dark windows parked outsi...

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McCain: I'm Like Jack Bauer

Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, 24, John Mccain Jack Bauer, Marie Claire, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer, Politics News

In a recent interview with Marie Claire, Republican presidential nominee John McCain compared himself to Jack Bauer, the protagonist of "24." Fox's a...

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'24' Movie Details (SPOILER ALERT!)

NY POST | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 24 Movie, 24: Exile, 24, 24 Movie Spoiler, Jack Bauer, 24: Exile Details, Keifer Sutherland, Entertainment News

THE details of Jack Bauer's next big "24" adventure are out. A new TV movie, "24: Exile," set to bridge the gap between seasons 6 and 7, will debut o...

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'24' Fans Must Wait Until Jan. 2009

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, 24, Writers' Strike, Writers' Strike News, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casu...

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Michael Chertoff Hangs With Kiefer At "24"

NY Post | Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Chertoff, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Entertainment News

Turns out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is a huge fan of "24." When he heard Kiefer Sutherland, who plays counter-terrorist agent Jack ...

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"24" Star Sutherland To Spend 1,152 Hours In Jail

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jail, 24, Dui, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Entertainment News

Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest Tuesday in his drunken driving case and will begin serving a 48-day jail sentence while his Fox TV drama "24" beg...

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'24' Brings Major Character Back From The Dead, Elects 1st Female President

NY Post | MELISSA JANE KRONFELD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Fox TV, 24, Jack Bauer, Entertainment News

IT'S official. 'Day Seven' of Fox's monster hit "24" is in production, and you won't believe who they brought back from the dead. Embattled widower a...

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