Yet another argument about abortion by William Saletan. Whether it deserves more time than Elton gave it is I suppose debatable, but I can't resist. A lot of his points and rhetorical feints are familiar, so I'll dispense with them quickly, and get to the...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Well, Dave Kehr called it. And it makes sense--granting that Brokeback is better described as "very, very good" than "great," it was just too good to win Best Picture in.
I swear that this post is currently the lead story at Train Wreck Media (TM) (Prof. Glenn Reynolds, co-founder):Someone else (and I regret forgetting who) has mentioned the humorous fact.
I noted last year that Harper's--within living memory an outstanding publication--has become worthless. Discouraging people from taking HIV treatments based on crackpottery straight from the pages of Spin magazine really is taking things to a whole new level of shittiness, however. What's next, a cover...
The recently-discussed rape case has ended in an acquittal. The way the trail was conducted suggests that rape myths are, alas, alive and well:The verdict appalled victims' rights advocates, who.
In more positive news for film wankers, the Sundance Channel will be airing Olivier Assayas' extremely rarely screened masterpiece tonight (or, to be technical, early Saturday morning) at 1:30. It's.
Charles Krauthammer. I think of all the modes of art-is-fully-reducible-to-politics criticism, the idea that any character who isn't cartoonishly evil represents the unmediated viewpoint of the director might be the most idiotic.If I was giving an "incompetent Philistine of the day" award, however, it would...
This gets it about right.
I have to admit that the Artist's rendition that WorldNutDaily uncovered--complete with Fox News logo!--of Ginsburg's recent snooze is pretty funny:My preferred interpretation is that she just found out about.
According to Creed frontwanker Scott Stapp, the person who leaked embarrassing footage of Stapp and Kid Rock is "Somebody does not like [me] and somebody wants [me] to fail." Wow, that narrows it down!
The most striking thing to me about the stab-in-the-back accusation under discussion is the unique definition of "objectivity" that underlines Goldstein's indiscriminate accusations of bad faith. For example, if you.
A new study from the AGI provides further evidence for the obvious. Social conservatives have successfully caused many states to make irrational decisions in policies governing sexuality, with entirely predictable.