By Aug 14,2008

Judgment at Napa

California’s Napa Valley is one of America’s great national treasures, home to a $45 billion per year industry and the state’s second most popular tourist attraction (after Disneyland). But a...

By Aug 13,2008

You never go "full retard"

My review of “Tropic Thunder” is up now. I really dug it; it’s pretty hilarious, especially if you’re a committed Hollywood watcher like myself. No cow is too sacred, no...

By Aug 13,2008

Fisking Andrew

Am I using that term right? “Fisking”? It’s one of those bloggy-terms that I’ve never used before, but seems to apply to this point by point takedown of Andrew Sullivan...

By Aug 13,2008

The Education Party

Today’s Republican Party stands in disarray, even as mainstream American liberalism has finally found its own “Ronald Reagan.” It doesn’t seem like a particularly auspicious time for a new book...