Author: Sonny Bunch
By • Jun 12,2008

Gitmo

James is pretty much right on Guantanamo and this ruling: the problem isn’t Gitmo itself but holding people without trial (or coming up with a charge) for the better part...

By • Jun 12,2008

Neocons love Westerns

Like most art, film can be interpreted any which way you please. All you have to do is make the case. So I’m relatively sympathetic to James’s argument that the...

By • Jun 12,2008

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

So, last night I watched the Roman Polanski documentary on HBO. Interesting stuff. A tragic figure, clearly done an injustice by a judge not looking out for the interests of...

By • Jun 11,2008

Section 8 Housing

That Hanna Rosin piece I blogged about last week is on the web now. I don’t have anything new to add to my previous post, but it’s so worth your...

By • Jun 11,2008

Correlation and causality

What’s the saying? “Correlation does not imply causality”? Keep that in mind when reading nonsense like this: Women have made less progress toward gender equality in the Middle East than...

By • Jun 11,2008

How much trouble is the NBA in?

On the last day of May in 2002, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings in the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals in one of the worst...