Making the case against ball two. What would George Will think?
Category Archives: Popular Culture
You’re Not Fired!
Don Trump knows a gold mine when he sees it.
[Update a few minutes later]
You have to feel sorry for the actual pageant winner. Who even knows her name now?
Carrie Prejean was the real winner of the pageant, thanks to Perez Hilton and the other vicious bigots (like frequent commenter “Jim”).
[Wednesday evening update]
Commenter “Jim” has (under some, but probably minimum duress) retracted his comment that Ms. Prejean sounds like a bigot in comments here, and I hereby retract mine that he does.
Posthumus
A new book has been published by Roger Zelazny, written in 1971.
Star Trek
…as reviewed by one of its greatest fans (in multiple meanings of the word): Lileks. Possibly spoilers, but not a lot of plot reveals, so perhaps safe for those who haven’t seen (I haven’t).
The Socialist Federation
C. P. Snow’s Two Cultures
Have they been superceded?
And yes, he did miss the Russo-Japanese War, though as he notes, the Japanese were westernizing rapidly at that point.
The Mystery Of Jughead’s Hat
[Via David Bernstein]
The First Reviews Are In
Star Trek fans think the movie sux.
Cavemen
…and women. Some thoughts on an interesting genre of fiction. Also, the zombie Jane Austen.
Happy Birthday
Only slightly repentant commie. I like folk music, but some folk musicians are a real piece of work.