American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Wait a minute…she’s a Hispanic WOMAN? Who do they think they are?

I don’t really know a whole lot about Sonia Sotomayor and it’s not the easiest thing to follow without the inundation of 24-hr. cable news, but it seems to me the only issues that should be on the table when debating a candidate for the Supreme Court (or any court or Cabinet position for that [...]

Comrade Obamaski?

This will make me sound like a total crank, but I just stumbled across this list of the first acts of the Bolsheviks upon obtaining power in 1917. Here are some:
Banks were nationalized.
Factories were seized and put under government control.
Wages were fixed at higher rates. The workday was shortened to eight hours.
All foreign debts were [...]

Eames Polariod SX-70 Commercial

Produced by Charles and Ray Eames for Polaroid. Music by Elmer Bernstein. (Tip of the hat to sitandreadfurniture.blogspot.com.)

Australian cinema

This week I’ve taken some time out to rent three films from Down Under – two of which I’d never seen before, the third of which I was very hazy on the details.
Walkabout from director Nicholas Roeg concerns a brother and sister (aged 6 and 14, respectively) left lost and wandering through horrific circumstances in [...]

Revisiting The Lord of the Rings films

I’ve spent the last two days not feeling so great, formatting my hard drive and re-installing Windows on my computer (what a big pain in the ass that is!). So to help ease the time and boredom while installing drivers and software and trying to figure out how the hell to reconnect to my WiFi [...]

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