American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

And then there were none!

Let me ask y’all a question, do you think that the group practice of physicians will continue to exist as health insurance becomes centralized?
Now, the reason I ask this question is a study by Medical Group Management Association which shows that 2/3 rds of medical practices were physician owned in 2005, by 2008 that percentage [...]

New York Times supresses opinions in its comment line!!!

The New York Times has adopted a policy of holding indefinitely any comments with which it disagrees when the subject is one they wish to editorialize. Prior to this date, whenever I posted comments which were not in agreement with the general NYTimes position, my comments were held up for most of the day, and when [...]

Martial Arts, Italian History, Sex in Mexico and a Hippie Commune

Here I am inching closer to the end of my favorite movies of the decade. The final list turned out to include 70 films. In this list I take a look at 6 foreign language films that made the cut, not counting the two I have already highlighted (Caché and L’auberge espagnole) in that original [...]

What do Moulin Rouge, Michel Gondry, Love Actually and Richard Linklater Have in Common?

I’m not generally a romantic (at least on the outside) and I often shun romantic films. But that’s mostly to do with the fact that they tend to come in one of two formats: the interminable romantic comedy or the insipid dramatic romance. Sometimes, however, a romance film is created that really touches me or, [...]

Great Animation of the Decade: Shrek; Incredibles; Fantastic Mr. Fox

It’s been a hell of a decade for animated feature films, particularly 2009 which saw 5 nominees in the Oscar category (2 traditional hand-drawn cel animation; 2 stop-motion; 1 CGI). Here I offer you another 3 films to continue my list.
Pixar has absolutely dominated kicking off the decade with Monsters, Inc. and then moving on [...]

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