I’m going to force the interwebs to take a momentary break from continuing to go nuts over Watchmen this weekend and take a look at a couple of documentaries below the radar… While it might be a bit reductionist to do so (as there exist many exceptions to the rules of nonfiction filmmaking), I t...

Okay, first of all I need to preface this post by saying that I don’t believe the Oscars matter in the least. Sure, they’re fun to vote on, discuss, and are (apparently) a great excuse to party on a boat, but, ultimately, whoever takes home the gold at the end of the night only matters to those ...

So I’m late to get on the colossal bandwagon that is Battlestar Galactica. I’m about three episodes into the second season, and at this point I can’t stop watching it. It’s taking over my life. So the other day, while I was procrastinating writing another Culture Warrior column, I checked ou...

Some thoughts—and few conclusions—about this year’s acting nominees: It goes without saying that some great performances are easier to recognize than others, and every year the Academy Awards’ four acting categories encounter endless debate regarding which performances deserve the Oscar stat...

Compared to the cinematic juggernaut that was 2007, 2008 was a pretty disappointing year for American cinema. Sure, there were the astounding mainstream achievements of The Dark Knight and Wall-E, both of which had a great deal more to say about our cultural moment than any indie or art film cared t...

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There are those in the ink on paper media that seek help from the government in the way of a 'bail out' for their failing form of publication.  This from 31 DEC 2008 article at al-Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty. But ...

Eight years ago, I stayed up all night because I wanted to know who would be the next President of the United States of America.  Tonight I am staying up for entirely different reasons. Tomorrow, a new day will bring about a new discussion in American political life.  History was made with the ele...

I have Nordic background, being half-Swede. Luckily I am also half-Polish so there is more than a large dose of common sense about affairs that also help me out culturally. In the aftermath of the Nordic Banking crisis of the 1990's, the Director Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, Stefan Ingv...

Jonathan Rauch in the MAY 2008 Atlantic Monthly has an interesting concept of what conservatism is, and I thought it was worth looking at as he is saying that Sen. McCain, by the standards he puts forward, is conservative. So lets look at the basics of Mr. Rauch's view, and I will do it step-wise. S...