David Polansky - America's Future

By David Polansky • Mar 13,2009

I thought they already remade The Hills Have Eyes

So, in case you hadn’t heard, horrible jamband Phish recently played a series of reunion shows down in Hampton, VA. Shockingly, the venue became a target of heightened law enforcement...

By David Polansky • Mar 13,2009

David Foster Wallace

I read this harrowing New Yorker piece on the life and death of writer David Foster Wallace with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. The article has...

By David Polansky • Mar 12,2009

Two for the price of one

People never ask me why I’m an Anglophile, but if they did, I’d probably point them to this: I’m also a fan of the Magna Carta and the metaphysical poets.

By David Polansky • Mar 12,2009

He’s goin’ hungry

I’ve always found Daniel Larison’s ability to toss off elaborate yet concisely-argued blog posts in the time it takes me to pee a bit daunting. Where most bloggers draft sentence...

By David Polansky • Mar 11,2009

Japanese still insane; Francisco Franco still dead

Slate reports on the latest Japanese import to the U.S.: a video game entitled (I swear I’m not making this up) RapeLay. Remember that old game, Duck Hunt, that you...

By David Polansky • Mar 07,2009

Apropos nothing

I was pondering the debate over gay marriage when this wonderful Chesterton quotation popped into my head: Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors....

Author: David Polansky