New York magazine: ...the death of the newsweek.com URL marks the official end of what was once a fully staffed and hugely trafficked site in its own right. [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
‘Do you have any books the faculty doesn’t particularly recommend?’
TheMarySue.com: Before she wrote twisted, grotesque Southern Gothic tales, Flannery O’Connor considered becoming a cartoonist for a living. And back when she was a student, she had comics published in her high … [Read more...]
Glenn Beck addresses the Knesset in Israel (video)
(OK, I don't think Glenn Beck "supports the state of Israel unconditionally," but oh well...) [Read more...]
‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author: ‘Buy a gun’
From the daily must-read Gun Rights columnist, David Codrea: The Economic Collapse lists 11 “sound bites” from a … [Read more...]
Andrew Lawton makes the mistake of leaving the house
Andrew Lawton tries to have fun on the weekend... I held the aluminum foil wrapper that my pita came in, quite confused as to where it should go. There may have been some food … [Read more...]
The trouble with newspapers, explained in one paragraph
Rick McGinnis reviews Page One: Inside the New York Times: At one point in the film we see Carr and his Media Desk colleagues standing around talking about the end, … [Read more...]
I’ve known countless Canadian po-mo writers who wrote in a similar style
They all have government grants, of course, and sit on juries and teach and stuff. Fenris is 1000% better at it than they are. Naturally, you've never heard of him... I drank their beer, and watched the … [Read more...]
‘Coronation Street’: ratings crisis as viewers switch off outlandish storylines with ‘too many’ gay characters
Mark Steyn’s new book drops in 28 days
‘In other words you made fun of muslims’
Adam Carolla is Ezra Levant’s guest on The Source tonight: 5PM ET
Trailers From Hell, Volume 2: so what did I think?
Thanks to Trailers from Hell for sending me a review copy of Volume 2 of their B-movie-trailers-with-commentary. So here goes: [Read more...]