I think that the book had been done before, but the new version sounds pretty good. It’s supposed to be a rainy day tomorrow (something that has been far too rare in what is supposed to be the wettest month in southern California), so maybe we’ll go see it. The scenery from the trailers looks like it would be spectacular on a big screen.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Ivy-League Schools
It’s unsurprising that they would churn out dangerous leftists.
[Update a while later]
Bernie Sanders, the time-warp socialist.
The Transhuman Party
Huh.
This is the first time I’d heard of this guy.
Elon’s Mars Plans
A first-hand report from Bob Zubrin in Boca Chica.
Star Trek Transporters
Not a new topic, but a new take on it. You wouldn’t get me on one of those things.
Romphims
Shockingly, grown men won’t dress like toddlers.
The Socialist Temptation
Last time I was in DC, a couple weeks ago, I tried to have lunch with Iain Murray, but it turned out that he wasn’t downtown, but was at home writing a forthcoming book.
It seems a little spendy, though, if you want to get young people to read it (which should be the goal). Maybe they’ll also have an ebook.
[Update a while later]
If you click here, you’ll tell the publisher that you’d like to see a Kindle edition.
Satellite Internet And Astronomy
A good overview of the problem, from Marina Koren.
Upscaling
Rush Limbaugh
Best wishes in his fight with this. I wonder if those years of smoking finally caught up with him, even though he quit?
[Update Tuesday morning]
Sort of related: Scientists accidentally discover a form of immune cells that can kill most cancers. Faster, please.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Kurt Schlichter: What Rush Limbaugh means to us, and me.