Day: June 23, 2023

Asteroid City, In Which Wes Anderson Is Now Just Screwing With Us

Andrew Donaldson June 23, 2023

Asteroid City comes off not just as a wonderful, original movie but more like an immersive experience...

POETS Day! WH Auden’s “September 1, 1939”

Ben Sears June 23, 2023

I like it, but one of the problems of being a good poem by WH Auden is...

The Unforgiving Sea: OceanGate, Titan, and Unforgiven Hubris

Michael Siegel June 23, 2023

The thing about exploring the depths of the ocean is that it is a lot like exploring...

The Terror of Snakes 2023-06-23 TDoRS C5171 (06.24.17)

The Terror of Snakes

Clare Briggs June 23, 2023

The days of real sport

Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Newsweek is reporting that Letitia James may have a residence problem. Apparently, back in 2023, she…
Burt Likko in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhich is a great shame upon the nation of El Salvador.
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025This has to be unprecedented in modern US history in terms of being totally self inflicted. It's goi…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYep. At some point (hopefully) someone's going to have to say, "You have done enough. Have you no se…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Lovely. Just in time for my UK vacation. I wonder if the people who voted for Trump because they wan…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Dollar down 10% since inauguration day as investors abandoning it due to tariff chaos. Yikes. https:…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaTo be clear I'm really talking about taking the L and conceding the issue for the near future, with…
bobtuse in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"We" need only to declare a national emergency. That should speed things up bigly.
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat assumes there was a compromise to be had. Hell's bells, Republicans scuttled their own bill las…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The law firm agreements are exactly what you expect: "One reason we know they’re not legally enforce…