Mark Steyn’s thoughts on the latest from the Stupid Party.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Trump’s Achilles Heel
Could this end his campaign? He played soccer in high school.
David Bowie
RIP, I guess. I never got what was such a big deal about him. “Space Oddity” is the only song of his that I liked, and I never listened to an album. But apparently, according to my Twitter timeline, this is some kind of huge culture loss.
Star Wars
…and the age of the fake nerd.
I suppose that’s still better than taking pride in your ignorance of math, as some do. As I noted on Twitter yesterday, it’s OK to like Star Wars, as long as you don’t delude yourself that it’s science fiction.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Star Wars TFA has a perfection problem. Note (FWIW) that Megan is married to SF film critic Peter Suderman.
[Bumped]
Ted Cruz
…is handling the media perfectly.
As I’ve often said, people underestimate him at their peril. And that includes Trump.
Women And Gaming
Lauren Southern explains capitalism to a moron.
My theory is that the guys like the shooters because it’s like hunting, and the women like Pacman because it’s gathering. With many exceptions, of course.
A Patriot, Not A Partisan
Is Jim Webb getting ready for an independent run?
I noted on Twitter yesterday that I’d like to see a five-way race between Trump, Hillary, Webb, Sanders, and a real Republican.
[Update a few minutes hater]
Fun. Michael Bay is coming out with a movie about Benghazi, just in time for primary season.
New Lunar Fiction
I’ll have to check this out, and see if it really does beat TMIAHM. Out Heinleining Heinlein is quite the claim.
Merry Christmas, Everyone
And as a gift to my readers, a roundup by Judith Curry of Christmas-related climate humor. And note this in comments from her: “Mann is insane if that is what he pulled from my testimony. Oops, prob. not insane, just agenda driven.”
A Rocket Launch
NASA’s launches always have been as well, but in a different way. This was more of a popular culture event. Let’s hope we see a lot more of them.