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One week only, at Film Forum, one of the best movies of all time: On the Waterfront.  All that other stuff I mentioned about this weekend? Well, it’s important too, but if you’ve never seen Elia Kazan’s magnificent film or Marlon Brando’s brilliant performance — debatably, one of cinema’s all-time best — then get yourContinue reading “I CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER”

It’s already started. When President Bush said he hoped to "earn" the trust of those who didn’t vote for him, he obviously was simply mangling the English language again because he must have meant to say "expect." Already, all this talk of a "clear mandate" or "broad victory" ignores the fact that while 51% doesContinue reading “WHEN A MAJORITY IS NOT A MANDATE”

I’m sure I’ll have more political stuff to say, but for now, it’s time to get back to entertainment. Every Friday, I seem to long for the weekend more and more. Then, by the time I actually get home – whenever that may be – for some reason, I feel like it’s already Sunday. ThatContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: THE WEEKEND AHEAD”

OK, we’re going to try to start moving on. But first, a couple worthwhile links: There has been much talk throughout the blogosphere — not to mention the real world, but obviously nobody pays attention to that — about moving to Canada. Some of it is meant as a joke. Some of it is probablyContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: THE SLOW SHIFT AWAY FROM POLITICS EDITION”

I really do plan to get back to mostly non-political stuff in the days ahead. I guess I’m on The Rude Pundit’s schedule for the five stages of grief of “Acceptance” by Friday. I might even be a little ahead of that, but the issues stay at the forefront of my mind. President Bush isContinue reading “OFF TO A BAD START”

I promise this isn’t turning into all politics, all-the-time. It’s just today, you know? With that said, I just finished watching Bush’s acceptance speech, and while at this point it’s hard to trust anything the man says, it will be interesting to see if he eschews politics (now that he has no further campaigns) andContinue reading ““WITH THAT TRUST COMES A DUTY TO SERVE ALL AMERICANS””

Hot of the AP wires (well, maybe not “hot”) is the one story definitely important enough to distract anyone from the depressing news of yesterday’s election: Simpson, Lachey Report Happy Marriage. Whew! I feel much better now.

But in case you haven’t … Josh Marshall makes an important note about the youth vote. He’s right that more young people came out to vote than ever before, but it was countered by more older conservatives as well so the overall percentage of voters stayed the same. With the total vote looking to beContinue reading “A COUPLE NOTES YOU’VE PROBABLY ALREADY READ”

How much of what the general public believes is solely because of what we hear repeatedly from the media. I’m not talking about media bias at all: it doesn’t matter whether it’s a left or right-leaning subject. But simply whatever the case may be. After listening to commentary until 3 AM when I finally fellContinue reading “HERE’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION …”

Just a quick little thing: since I was just listening to The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, and heard conservative columnist Ruben Navarette Jr. going off about how he’s sick of “liberal elitists” calling people who are against gay marriage anti-gay or “haters” when they just support “traditional marriage.” It’s this kind of flawed thinkingContinue reading “A NOTE ON A “MORAL” SUBJECT”