By • Aug 14,2008

Judgment at Napa

California’s Napa Valley is one of America’s great national treasures, home to a $45 billion per year industry and the state’s second most popular tourist attraction (after Disneyland). But a...

By • Aug 13,2008

You never go "full retard"

My review of “Tropic Thunder” is up now. I really dug it; it’s pretty hilarious, especially if you’re a committed Hollywood watcher like myself. No cow is too sacred, no...

By • Aug 13,2008

Fisking Andrew

Am I using that term right? “Fisking”? It’s one of those bloggy-terms that I’ve never used before, but seems to apply to this point by point takedown of Andrew Sullivan...

By • Aug 13,2008

The Education Party

Today’s Republican Party stands in disarray, even as mainstream American liberalism has finally found its own “Ronald Reagan.” It doesn’t seem like a particularly auspicious time for a new book...