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Why Palin Is Smart to Read CS Lewis

John Johnson — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:57:07 CST

Sarah Palin took some ribbing from View host Joy Behar for saying (more than once) that CS Lewis is among her favorite authors. "Aren't they children's books?" Behar asked in derision. And with that question, Behar becomes like a character in one of Lewis' books—"the type of bully who...

Potter It Isn't: New Narnia Lacks Magic

Matt Cantor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:37:05 CST

Critics aren’t enthralled by The Voyage of the Dawn Treader the third film based on CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia . (Its Rotten Tomatoes rating is 51%.) But there are some bright spots: Manohla Dargis calls the film “largely dreary” in the New York Times . Still, “though there are times...

What's on Palin's Nightstand? WSJ , CS Lewis, Runner's Tome

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:02:02 CST

Katie Couric taught Sarah Palin a very painful political lesson during the last presidential election: Don't look blank when an interviewer asks what you read. This time around, she was ready. She told Barbara Walters she's a big fan of the Wall Street Journal, Alaska newspapers because "that's where my...