3. America Will Plunge Into Pestilence and Despair
Harvard-educated cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz aside, where will the faithful turn to for advice on raising children if noted immunologist/former host of Singled Out and Oprah protégé Jenny McCarthy isn't around to make sure we aren't vaccinating our kids? How will we ever achieve spiritual and economic enlightenment if we aren't constantly getting New Age bilge like The Secret shoved down our throats, or told our dead loved ones are waiting for us on The Other Side?
Luckily, McCarthy is getting a show on Oprah's new network, which brings me to...
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Peter Vonder Haar writes movie reviews for the Houston Press and the occasional book. The first three novels in the "Clarke & Clarke Mysteries" - Lucky Town, Point Blank, and Empty Sky - are out now.
