American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

“Only a man who carries a gun ever needs one”

Many years ago, during the 1968 Presidential campaign, there was a cartoon showing a crown roaring along a street and at the bottom of the single panel cartoon was a tiny figure (Bobby Kennedy) saying, “Oh M-God, I have to catch up with that crowd, I’m their leader.”  The point is that it is often [...]

Oh Canada!

Snatch is a great movie. There is a line in it about pig farms, something along the lines of “never trust a man who owns a pig farm…” Actually I think that is exactly what the line is.
Well, apparently Guy Ritchie knew what he was talking about when he wrote this. A Canadian pig farmer [...]

American Madness

(Originally titled American Psychos… but the new title just worked so much better)
So, would I sound crazy if I said I was drawn to articles about serial killers?
I thought American Psycho was well written, I am a fan of some horror movies, but my tastes tend to lean more toward 28 Days Later and [...]

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