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 was one of the year's best, whether the year is 2002 or 2004. Although the film...
Today's clue is that I'm sitting at home in my pajamas watching oral arguments before Washington State Surpreme court. I just learned about the fascinating way in which court of.
It would be fair to say that we at LGM may use the "Worst. . . Ever?" form a bit too liberally. Indeed, I think I'm probably more guilty of.
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 medieval period, Jews were completely excluded from Britain, France, Spain, etc. In contrast, Jews had thriving...
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.).
As most D.C. cynics predicted, it appears as if a stadium financing deal is in place, pending a council vote. But, at least, it will be done with half private financing,.
The Seattle PI has a relatively unremarkable story on the economic fallout of the recent oil spill in The Aleutians today. Short-term influx of work, dollars, and filled hotel rooms, tempered by concerns about long-term damage, nothing too surprising. One passage did manage to cause my eyebrow...
Josh Canel finds an NYT article pointing out one of the contributing elements to our military manpower shortage: An analysis of Pentagon data reveals that the military is losing gay.
Many of us political theory types have a particular interest in the facts and fictions of the founding moments of political societies, especially under extreme and unusual circumstances. Lost, ABC's stellar.
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 a strong proponent of the evaluation system. That said, Harry and the commenters do a good...
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.
Read this excellent article in the New York Times about the hunt for spies at Guantanamo Bay. Long story short, if you're Islamic and you have any questions about the treatment.