I was lucky enough to see a beautiful 35mm restoration of La Regle Du Jeu last week. The most obvious modern inheritor of the "open" filmmaking style invented by Renoir, Robert Altman, has died. Altman was a risk-taker, and as is well-known this made him...
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I have an article about the Supreme Court and the federal "partial birth" legislation up at TAP. I'd like to add something about the lack of connection between the legislation.
Fortunately, the Murdoch empire, in a rare manifestation of good taste, has decided not to publish the "book" "written" by an illiterate who chopped off his wife's head. However, as.
Mitt Romney goes to the next step in his program against an out-of-control state judiciary that had the un-American arrogance to scrutinize legislative enactments for their consistency with the state constitution:Gov. Mitt Romney said Sunday he would ask the state's highest court to order an...
Roxanne:Dear Judith Regan:I'm leaning towards believing your explanation for why you would publish that murderer's confession. Please consider putting your money where your mouth is and donate ALL NET PROCEEDS.
Neil links to very detailed public opinion about abortion. In light of the previous discussion of John McCain, I was particularly interested in this:"Do you think the question of whether.
John McCain has come out for overturning Roe. Frankly, I'm not sure what this tells us that we didn't already know. McCain has already expressed support for the draconian ban in South Dakota, and voted to confirm Robert Bork and Samuel Alito. And in case...
This story reminds me of something I've been meaning to talk about. Some New Jersey legislators are proposing that the state end "the special financing given to the state’s poor.
I've always wondered exactly who was supposed to represent "the left" on The Beltway Boys. I think according to O'Reilly Kondracke is the Trotskyite to the Beetle's center-left...Anyway, on the substance I think we can all share Mort's shock that a congressional leader would try...
To make a shameful admission of my own, I have to admit that Roy made it considerably further through 100 Years of Solitude ("could have done with less magic and.
I'm...well, not surprised, but still have some capacity for irritation at the fact that CNN continues to employ an abject bigot hasn't gotten more attention. Hilzoy takes the opportunity to.