Nostalgia and film
As a brief follow up to my post on upper-middle-class families in modern television and film, I’d like to respond to this comment by Sam MacDonald: Yes. If we could only go back to...
Daily Archive: August 4, 2011
Google+ is better for the web than Facebook
I’ve always been a bit of a outsider. I’m partially naturally inclined that way and partially fond of being interested in things that a minority is, which is why I’ve been questioning whether I...
Normalizing the Upper-Middle-Class in Movies and Television
Alyssa Rosenberg worries that the introduction of characters like Ashton Kutcher’s Walden Schmidt – the replacement for Charlie Sheen’s character on Two and a Half Men – could ‘normalize’ the very wealthy: The thing...
Is Our Democrats Learning? Or: Fighting Fire with Fire / Burning Down the House
~by Ryan B Somewhat lost amidst the debt ceiling kerfluffle, the Federal Aviation Administration is about to end its second week of a partial shutdown, a shutdown that appears almost certain to extend into...
“Yuck” a Duck
~by RTod On Wednesday Erik posted a picture of two (presumably) married costumed lesbians, kissing while holding a sign saying Liberty, a sign saying Justice, and a child that is either from the Village...
Meanwhile, at Forbes
I pitch the creators of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” on what I think is a pretty damn good idea for an episode in Season 4. This would be the subject matter for the episode....
Charity, Religion, Immigration, and Federalism
The state of Alabama has enacted a new law which would restrict the flow of various benefits to people not legally present in the country. You can read the entire text of the new...
