By • Jul 28,2008

The commuter wars begin

Things got pretty nasty between a car driver and a group of cyclists last weekend. From Slog: A demonstration turned violent Friday night after a group of cyclists taking part...

By • Jul 27,2008

Mbeki: Friend to Africa's O.J.

I’m still trying to determine exactly what to think and say about this, but South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki seems extraordinarily tone deaf to the ugliness going down north of his...

By • Jul 25,2008

Politics and The Dark Knight, cont.

Lots more talk about politics and The Dark Knight, sparked largely by this (kind of silly) piece by Andrew Klavan equating Batman with George W. Bush. Klavan’s column does a...

By • Jul 25,2008

The X-Files and Step Brothers

Two reviews for you this week: The X-Files: I Want to Believe over at the Times, and Step Brothers over at the Standard. I must admit to being terribly disappointed...

By • Jul 25,2008

And Now for Something Completely Different

Much fun at Alternet. Bruce Levine: My recent articles have been about the corrupt partnership between Big Pharma and psychiatry — resulting in nonsense, lies and exaggerations about mental illness...

By • Jul 25,2008

Fun with Indignation

Blogging is a funny thing. I don’t know if it’s the most context-dependent form of writing, but it’s pretty damn context-dependent. And ironically, too: because one day you write a...