By • Feb 02,2010

Piracy. Is. Stealing.

Every time I think the pro-piracy, illegally-downloading-music-is-okay crowd can’t top their own silliness I read something like this. From Yglesias: It is, of course, possible that at some point the...

By • Feb 01,2010

Prime Minister Obama

There is a thread I’d like to pick up on in the commentary on President Obama’s civil debate with the House GOP last Friday. You can see it in the...

By • Feb 01,2010

Avatar and the noble savage

Remember that guy who did the 70 minute Phantom Menace review that set the ‘sphere abuzz a month or two ago? Well, he’s back with a (far shorter) review of...

By • Feb 01,2010

In praise of Art Linson

In preparation for a freelance piece I’m rereading What Just Happened, Art Linson’s book on what, exactly, it means to be a “producer.” You know, that credit that you sometimes...

By • Feb 01,2010

Game changed or rules broken?

Game Change, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, stole the spotlight by informing us that Harry Reid thought of Barack Obama as a “light-skinned”, um, “Negro”. That quote was quite...