Robert Farley
Via Laura Rozen, a story that just hasn't received much play here: The Israeli-American crisis over the sale of an advanced technology weapons system to China has also turned into an Israeli-Chinese.
Three days, four flicks. In order: The House of Flying Daggers: I was a touch disappointed. I certainly can't agree with Redbeard's assessment; this film was far weaker than Hero, which.
Juan Cole points out that, despite the best efforts of the Right to argue otherwise, there is no "eternal" enmity between Jews and Muslims. For entire centuries in the late.
David Edelstein is a better man than I am. You'll hardly be surprised to hear that Joel Schumacher's film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros.).
There's a very nice discussion of teaching evaluations going on over at Crooked Timber. My evaluations, both as an instructor and a TA, have always been strong, so I've accordingly been.
I wish that studios would make more of an effort to spread their decent releases across the year rather than to cluster them in the last two weeks. I understand.
Some insight into Libya's motivation to drop its weapons programs early this year: Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi said the move was responsible for Mr. Bush's election victory and said he now wanted.
This is old news, and I don't have much to add, but it's worth remembering when you find yourself confronted by a Reagan-addled wingnut: The answer, of course, is that.