The legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has died of stomach cancer. Truth be told, of the internationally known giants of Iranian cinema I probably prefer the output of Mohsen Mahkmalbaf and Jafar Panahi to Kiarostami, although it's hard to imagine Makhmalbaf and Panahi without Kiarostami....
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Dear America, Happy birthday! Now act your fucking age and stop flirting with fascists.
Yet another way to celebrate American awesomeness today before you blow off your fingers and, even worse, put ketchup on your hot dogs, is to remember how we rely on.
As a Seattle native I'm honor-bound to root against Oklahoma City, so obviously I take no small pleasure in today's news. But beyond that, those criticizing Durant can go jump in a lake. Let's recall that the terms of his initial contract--one that he had...
Rob Parkinson, a colleague from my master's program many years ago, has a great editorial in the Times on the connections between the fear of slave revolts and American independence..
“Helping the Poor–Gratuitous Distribution of Coal by the City–Cherry Street,” New York City, 1877 Another way to celebrate how great America has become is to note how charities are now.
This veers too much, too often into "bothsidesdoitism" for my taste; and the prose is a little florid for me at times...plus it's really really really long. But, still, I think it's absolutely worth a read: The New Yorker's George Saunders on Trump supporters.
I have observed before that many of the worst sports trades are driven by disappointing teams focusing on the weaknesses (real or imagined) of their best players. Trades of stars.
Today's posts of course will only be about how America is totally awesome and so to celebrate, let's blow our fingers off with fireworks this evening. To start with, the.
OLDMAN VIRGIL: THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMING THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMING SEK: Those are just fireworks. OLDMAN VIRGIL: NO THEY ARE NOT ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY GOP SEK: One what if by -- OLDMAN VIRGIL: WHITE PEOPLE IN RED HATS MARCHING DOWN THE...
I just don't know how this kind of thing keeps happening: On Saturday, Donald Trump posted a meme on Twitter featuring his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s face superimposed on piles.
Cats, beer, unions--what does this story not have? I guess ketchup, but that wouldn't make any sense. Anyway, this is a fascinating attempt to piece together this photo of a.