Both parties support it, for different reasons.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Lori Laughlin
She should certainly be punished, and made an example of, but this to me would cry out for jury nullification. There is way too much prosecutorial overreach, particularly with feds.
Blade Runner
It’s no longer a movie set in the future.
When I was a kid, I thought we’d be a lot further along, technologically, by now. Though maybe we’re getting close to flying cars. And while the world of 2001: A Space Odyssey is decades late, it looks like it’s finally approaching as well.
Drag
Why is it acceptable, when black face is not?
Most of all, why is it acceptable to show to middle schoolers?
An Oldie But A Goodie
I love this: A cat watching and reacting to Psycho.
Fraying
Thoughts from Sarah Hoyt on the Cold Civil War.
The Real China Threat
It is a clash of values, and ours may not win out.
Middle America
Will the Democrats blow it again?
All signs point to “yes,” and that’s a good thing.
Ad Astra
A friend of mine, who saw it a couple weeks ago with the class she was teaching at SpaceX, roundly panned it to me. Jeff Foust says don’t bother seeing it, either.
Hollywood seems to have a hard time getting space movies right.
Our Moral Betters In The NBA
But I’m dubious about this: “The thing is, LeBron, we’ve come to expect more of you. You’re obviously an intelligent person, a compassionate person and a socially conscious person. At this point in your life and career, it’s part of your brand.”
I don’t have much experience with Mr. James, hating the sport that he plays as I do, but it is not at all obvious to me that he’s an intelligent person. I don’t think he’s getting the big bucks for his brain.
[Update a while later]
[Mid-morning update]
[Afternoon update]
Yes, Mr. James, all you had to say was that “America is a free country.” But you’re a dumb ass.
[Update a while later]
Treacher: Why should I care what he thinks about China, or anything?