Like me, Roy was introduced to Robert Bresson by means of the sublime Au Hasard, Balthasar (which I saw last year.) Like me, he found it a remarkable, haunting picture; unlike me, he is capable of writing effectively about it, so I turn it over...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Good to see that Target has finally fired a pharmacist who wishes to interpose her beliefs between drugs she is professionally bound to dispense and the health of her customers..
My first reaction to reading the Slate article on art-houses that Rob discusses below was to be both amused and contemptuous of this particular manifestation of contraianism-through-not-very-credible-random-anecdotes (has anyone ever.
The Alito filibuster fight is on. Of particular interest to our Washington state readers: according to Jane, "Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be susceptible to pressure. If Cantwell falls, Murray will potentially fall too." Senators from one of the most pro-choice states...
I would like to say something about the PA elections. Except that what I would say pretty much boils down to 1)the election of an eliminationist anti-Semitic terrorist organization is.
I've seen more than one blogger compare reactionary Senate hopeful Bob Casey Jr. to Joe "Easiest Lay On The White House Lawn" Lieberman. As it turns out, this is unfair...to.
Phoebe Maltz uncovers yet another glaring piece of illogic in Will Saletan's recent abortion op-ed. Saletan infers from the fact that most women would prefer to avoid a pregnancy than to have an abortion the conclusion that women therefore consider abortion to be highly immoral....
Dennis the Peasant presents the advertising pitch of Flatulent Bathrobe Media (TM), which is the pure comic gold that you'd expect. It's hard to isolate the very funniest thing amidst.
--Maha points out that Eyal Press' intermittently interesting NYT Magazine article about his abortion provider father ends on with a clinker: his embrace of the countermobilization myth. And just to.
Chris Penn passed away last night.
I am on the record of being highly skeptical of Robert Casey Jr.'s claims to be a staunch progressive who happens to be extremely reactionary on women's rights, but I.
I know it's only January, but still, it seems pretty likely that Fred Barnes' new Bush hagiography will be the worst book released by a major press this year. How.