(Alternate Title: “Trolling the Republicans: Obama’s Elephant Gambit”) It’s 2013, just days before a presidential reinauguration. Do...
Month: January 2013
Kathryn Bigelow’s op-ed in the L.A. Times rebutting criticisms of her film is about more than Zero Dark...
Regarding the prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the New Yorker’s Tim Wu writes: “It’s one thing to stretch...
Starting the week after next, the League will be hosting the Beowulf & Grendel Book Club*. Everyone...
Unlike the other thought-provoking writers who fill this space with philosophical considerations, I exist mostly to waste...
Last month on the Friday before Christmas as people were preparing for the week of upcoming festivities,...
by M.A. As I read through the responses to the question of whether Rubio and Ryan are serious...
Is anyone else a little boggled by the choice of actors in this new “Hansel and Gretel:...
Precis: While no two wars ought to be compared to each other, the latest flare-up in Mali...
Holy crap, Quentin Tarantino has extraordinary talent. I wish he had something to say. (Additionally: Christoph Waltz...
If you’re interested in just how many people visited The League in 2012, who the top commenters...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Guns In America. You can read the...
Now that the fiscal cliff fight is over, (for a spell) now that the inauguration is almost...
Really, this is not only sweet and moving (and yes, I laughed…I cried…) it’s also entirely unfair....
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Guns In America. You can read the...
There is undoubtedly a great deal to be concerned about when it comes to the culture that...
(Previously: The Knock Down, Part 1 and Part 2,and a Placeholder) James Fallows, after Aurora, The Certainty of More Shootings:...
Forgive me for not having an upshot with this post. It’s just a jumble of thoughts about...
I was saddened yesterday to hear that my favorite professor from my time at the University of...
