The Poorman offers an astute list of Hollywood's worst directors. Definitely a fine collection of choices. My few additions/quibbles: 1)I think his initial instincts were the best. I actually liked Requiem for a Dream, and while Stone is a godawful writer he's a competent enough director. (Although I'm certainly...
Poor Man has a list. It's a good list, most notably because he has Kevin Smith at #1. As the title implies, however, I kind of like Pi and Requiem for.
An interesting post by Ezra Klein mounting some measure of defense for Gephardt. As for the substantive merits of Gephardt, he has a point; I certainly don't have the animus toward.
Matt Yglesias wonders whether Iranian nukes are actually a problem. The question is worth asking. First problem is the question of instability in the Islamic Republic. Iran is more stable than a lot of hawks would like to think, but it has enough problems to raise concerns about...
I really wish the posting date on this was "April 1." If it's correct, I'm beginning to remember why I thought that while Kerry would (with the possible exception of Clark) make.
Matt Yglesias briefly notes a historical lacuna: But if fireworks we are meant to have (and apparently we are) then must they really be accompanied by the 1812 Overture? The.
Spiderman 2 has inspired a conversation between Crooked Timber, Matthew Yglesias and Brayden King. I have no comment on the debate, but I will say (along with most everyone else, except the Young Hegelians at the Stranger) that the film is well worth seeing.
Speaking of crackpot conservative journals, Terrific post by Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged about Bill Buckley and civil rights.
From the front page of the web home of The Weekly Standard: Fahrenheit 9/11 connects dots that aren't there. by Matt Labash. Then, all of four stories down: There was a.
First question: how many 'reviews' of Bill Clinton's book does the NYT plan on running? We're up to three now, by my count. Second question: How many times does Larry McMurtry have to utterly fail at his assigned task before people will stop offering him work...
Picking the very worst moment in Nader's Press the Meat interview this morning is easy, despite the reiteration of sizist attacks on Michael Moore. To paraphrase: Q: The Congressional Black Caucus met.
Good evaluation of veep candidates at TAP online. The Gephardt critiques are nothing new, but show that the hostility isn't just limited to free traders. The Graham piece is a good one;.