By • Mar 02,2010

Let's all make fun of Tom Friedman!

But count me out. Hasn’t it become a little too easy? Is it really satisfying anymore? After several paragraphs of mocking “the Magic 8 Ball of cliche generation”, Jonah Goldberg...

By • Mar 02,2010

DNA records vs. fingerprinting

One thing I’ve never been entirely clear on is why we should feel terribly nervous about the government having our DNA samples on record. Now, I’m not saying that, at...

By • Mar 02,2010

Looting is looting

Matt Yglesias: If you’re lucky, of course, your house is undestroyed and it happens to be well-stocked by canned goods and bottled water. But say it’s not. It’s not like...

By • Mar 01,2010

Avatar, ctd

Sometime late Saturday evening, James Cameron’s sci-fi eco-epic Avatar crossed $700 million at the box office. It’s a pretty astounding figure, and it’s worth just briefly looking at some of...

By • Mar 01,2010

The real medal counts

As I’ve written before, the way that the media counts medals is ridiculous. Gold>silver>bronze, but you’d never know that since they just add up the total number of medals and...

By • Feb 26,2010

"The Ghost Writer" review

The latest film from Roman Polanaski has been hailed as a return to form for the director behind Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Pianist — a taut political thriller that...