Or, why this non-Bernie-or-Bust progressive is voting for Big Orange We’re back to bread and circuses, it seems, the featured act this election cycle being a false-choice rumble between Republican fear mongering (Mexican/ISIS zombie hoards coming to eat our brains) and Democratic fear mongering (Republican zombie hoards coming to eat our brains). The winner, we’re told, […]
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” translates “It is right and fitting to die for one’s country.” It’s from an ode by the Roman poet Horace that enjoyed heavy rotation during the first world war. It’s also the last line of a poem written about that war by Wilfred Owen in 1917 … Bent […]
Why did “Oblivion” score only a 58% at RottenTomatoes.com? It’s a great movie. I mean, it’s post-apocalyptic, for one thing. Big bonus points for that. Fantastic CGI, of course. Pretty darn interesting story, too. Well-rounded, sympathetic characters, surprise twist at the … oh, excuse me. You saw it coming, didn’t you? You’ve seen “Total Recall” and “Blade […]
