BBC Website has this to say about Tarantino’s Kill Bill: “It has received rave reviews in the US, though critics have also warned of the strong violence and gore.” This claim struck me, because I hadn’t yet seen any reviews. So I went to the NY Times movie page. Nothing. Then the LA Times. Nothing. […]
Lots of stuff out on the Valerie Plame scandal-in-making, and I’m not sure I really have much new to add to the chorus of concern over it. (Both Calpundit and Talking Points Memo are doing a good job of summarizing and commenting on it). But I’m finding the media slant on this fascinating. After all, […]
I have to put in a gripe today about the New Republic. I know the magazine is not, strictly speaking, merely a “liberal” publication. Its editorial line blends economic liberalism with contrarian analysis and hawkish foreign policy stances. But why on earth are they inviting a National Review editor for a point-counterpoint on Bush hatred? […]
The election results are in, and it doesn’t quite look like the shakeup in the Boston City Council makeup that the Herald predicted. In order, the eight qualifiers for the final council election in November are: Michael F. Flaherty, Stephen J. Murphy, Patricia White, Maura A. Hennigan, Felix Arroyo, Matt O’Malley, Althea Garrison and Roy […]
If you want an indication on how seriously this city is taking the Boston City Council elections, just take a look at the newspapers, which don’t seem to be all that keen on covering the races or the election. Today’s Globe doesn’t provide anything more than an article about the new voting machines and […]
From today’s Times:
General Clark said that he would have advised members of Congress to support the authorization of war but that he thought it should have had a provision requiring President Bush to return to Congress before actually invading. Democrats sought that provision without success.
“At the time, I probably would have voted for it, but […]
There’s something silly about political endorsements, especially from politicians, but Mitt Romney’s weighing in on the California gubernatorial race is particularly galling. It’s offensive to Massachusetts residents, who expect their governor to be concerned about the state’s business. I imagine it would be offensive to Californians who might bristle that other governors are suggesting who […]
Calpundit’s Paul Krugman interview is quite good indeed. So much of the mainstream media’s coverage focuses on Krugman’s contentiousness rather than approaching his work as an opportunity to think through problems and learn something. Calpundit seems genuinely scared and demoralized (rightly so) by Krugman’s assessment that the US is likely to land in financial crisis […]
As if to prove that he really shines when the Times gives him more space for his columns, Paul Krugman contributes a great polemic against the tax-cut mania in this weekend’s paper. It takes on the misconceptions about tax burden and also places our tax policy in historical context. The entire article is worth a […]
From the Herald, comes exhibit F in my point about the City Council’s need for Rule 19:
Three city councilors yesterday accused President Michael F. Flaherty of being “discriminatory’’ in refusing to hear their resolution opposing the U.S. Patriot Act.
Councilors Charles C. Yancey, Chuck Turner and Felix Arroyo wanted to go on record against the anti-terrorism […]
Slate’s Daniel Gross takes on the telemarketing industry’s claims that the Do Not Call Registry will mean the loss of 2 million jobs. Such claims are inflated, Gross insists, though he does concede that the channeling of money into other advertising and marketing avenues will likely not generate as many jobs as the labor-intensive telemarketing […]
One of the little-noticed shames of the 2002 state elections was the way the Treasurer’s race got shifted from the issues at stake to a personality contest based on a cute-kid advertising campaign. For Tim Cahill did stand for something: a more aggressive role of the Treasurer in the investment decisions of the pension fund. […]
TAPPED has links to a number of liberal takes on the second anniversary of 9/11. Some of them are excellent. Fred Kaplan’s piece in Slate laments the consistently missed opportunities to respond to the Twin Towers attack with a renewed sense of international purpose and unity.
Remember? The French newspaper Le Monde, never one for trans-Atlantic […]
Today’s must read is a post on Gregg Easterbrook’s new TNR blog, attacking the avarice of pending 9/11 lawsuits.
Now some 9/11 families are saying $1.6 million isn’t enough. Set aside whether they should be receiving anything from taxpayers, given the myriad other circumstances in which Americans die in various horrible events every bit as traumatic […]
Marxists for Keynes is following the upcoming elections for Boston City Council - at least as well as it can this early in the game, and without a plethora of local newspaper coverage. Last night Greater Boston had an entertaining airing of the Ward 4 candidates for Council - Charles Yancey, Ego Ezedi, and […]