A friend proposes the following: The generation of major Italian-American filmmakers that came to prominence in the 1970s has consistently failed to display multi-dimensional WASP characters, largely because of an inability to appreciate the complexities of WASP affect. I'm not sure I agree with this,...
Month: September 2013
My latest at the Diplomat continues the conversation on Syria, credibility, and reputation: You can count me as among the skeptics that the Syria deal is a harbinger of impending U.S..
Warner Brothers is trying to sign Leonardo DiCaprio up for a biopic on Woodrow Wilson. Why do we need a biopic on Woodrow Wilson? I have no idea. Maybe it.
I don't know anything about climate science, but the rain we got last week in Boulder was truly freakish -- instead of a short intense thunderstorm (the usual mode of rainfall in these parts) we had many hours of non-stop deluges, of a sort I've...
Mass shootings actually aren't on the rise, homicide in America rates are half of what they were 20 years ago -- although still far higher than in other Western nations.
Forbes has decided to give a platform for some Deep Thoughts more commonly thought by particularly solipsistic and intellectually marginal 13-year-olds: Here’s a modest proposal. Anyone who earns a million.
So apparently there's another Robert Farley on the intarwebs who writes for America's most useless website. To ensure that this Robert Farley was not confused with ours, I thought I should point out one of his embarrassing arguments, and since this is PolitiFact you know...
General Mark Welch At the annual Air Force Association conference: Oh, and Welch made clear his view of those arguing we should get rid of an independent Air Force. “By.
Today in classics of unintentional deadpan humor, Mr. Robert Costa: Leadership sources tell me the House GOP will soon vote on a continuing resolution that simultaneously funds the federal government.
For your perusal: The Belfer Center has a bevy of useful Syria links. Marcus Mariota tops the Heisman Watch. Duck of Minerva is engaging in what can only be described as an epic theory-off. Chuck Yeager and the MiG-15. Some thoughts on operationalizing military operations....
Building on this, here is some information on ketchup. Glad to see I'm not the only one exploring this key question to 21st century life: Surely the big question is:.
This is an interesting story about how a sizable group of Harry Potter fans have organized to push Warner Brothers to make sure that Harry Potter-themed products are produced in.