Author: Sonny Bunch

By May 16,2008

Gay Marriage

It’s one of those issues I try to tiptoe around as carefully as possible, but I promised my Doublethink overlords I would comment on the issues of the day, so...

By May 16,2008

In Which I Discuss Failure

Specifically, the creative and commercial failure of Speed Racer. I don’t particularly enjoy writing nasty reviews of movies–some critics really get off on tearing a film down; I just find...

By May 15,2008

Bush Wasn't Talking About Obama Specifically…

Just his mindset. John Podhoretz is 100% right: Bush’s speech–especially the bit drawing fire–was pretty much anti-terrorist boilerplate, the purest distillation of the Bush Doctrine. He and his surrogates and...

By May 15,2008

Do endorsements matter?

I’m not asking that question rhetorically, or with an excess of snark. I’m honestly interested to know. Have you, loyal readers, ever decided who to vote for based on their...

By May 15,2008

Speed Racer vs. Christopher Hitchens

Peter Suderman was spot on when he said that the villain in Speed Racer, played by Roger Allam, is a dead ringer for Christopher Hitchens, both in appearance and accent....