...the only thing more important than making the world better can be keeping Woodstock the same. *** "Progressives" live in the past -- a past that (like the one they so often accuse conservatives of romantically yearning for) didn't exist: Rosa Parks wasn't just "tired -- [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
So when do tickets go on sale?
‘I lack the sheer class and self-control of, say, a Danny Bonaduce’: my latest Showbiz Assassin column
In which I talk about the fabulous Nick DiPaolo show I caught in NY, how the poster designer for the Straw Dogs remake (and whoever paid him) … [Read more...]
Tonight: an episode of ‘The Car Show’ that Arnie might watch
Keyword? "Tanks." BONUS -- Shirley Q. Liquor on the GOP Tea Party debate: … [Read more...]
‘Uh-oh, says everyone on internet’
Satire (but only for now) ([Read more...]
Oh, how nice — but don’t worry, MCJ: you ain’t missing nuthin
My old blogging buddy MCJ (who should really be more famous than he is, based on sheer writing talent) writes: Ever find yourself lying in bed at night, staring at the ceiling and asking God what’s holding up your fatal heart attack … [Read more...]
Cocaine will do that to you; or, Oliver Stone made the right movie about the wrong people
Rick McGinnis remembers United 93 and World Trade Center: If there isn’t a rule that you can’t make a film where the protagonists are trapped and immobile, there should be one (and … [Read more...]
Majority of Canadians see ‘irreconcilable’ rift between Islam and the West
Robert Spencer asks: Deeply ingrained "Islamophobia"? Or the evidence of their senses regarding supremacism, jihad violence, the oppression of women, the … [Read more...]
Time magazine discovers black hair weave thievery; doesn’t use word ‘black’ once in story
From these blogs to your local newsstand in about a … [Read more...]
Canada ‘debates’ immigration: my new piece at Taki’s Magazine
Here in Ontario, an election is coming up. If you’ve just awakened from an eight-year coma and are wondering how Norman Bates came to be provincial premier, wonder no more: That’s just … [Read more...]
Ever seen those ‘God Hates Fags’ guys and wondered: why doesn’t somebody mess with those mo-fos?
Well, guess what I did at the WTC? If you were born in the middle of the 1960s, the Manson family imprinted themselves on your brain. The girls looked like this. I finally saw, up close, those ([Read more...]
If you are reading this, we are in New York City
If you grew up in the 70s, like me, New York City was the most horrible place on earth. Taxi Driver. The Warriors. Little Murders. The Out-of-Towners. Midnight Cowboy. Panic in Needle Park. The Taking … [Read more...]