Sales of Atlas Shrugged are way up, apparently, what with the cascading bank failures and the impending economic doom and everything. Though I’m fond of the book (every teenage libertarian...
I was struck by this paragraph over at Slate, in an article discussing whether or not you should be able to sue someone for libel who falsely says you’re gay:...
A funny story from an otherwise uninteresting post: For almost 50 years Elaine Kaufman has attracted writers to her restaurant as though she were giving away royalty checks. And though...
Last week word leaked out that Christopher Hitchens had gotten into a dustup with some Syrian Nazis; Michael Totten has all the details up over at his place. The entire...
Nikki Finke writes about a protest by some handicapped folks over Jerry Lewis’s winning a humanitarian lifetime achievement type award this weekend at the Oscars. Let’s leave aside the fact...
Since we were discussing mediocrity the other day, I figured I’d pass this along, from the AV Club’s Nathan Rabin: My affection for mediocre movies doesn’t extend to mediocre television....
