POLIWOOD: comparing the Best Picture winners of the 1950s to those of the past decade. The more Hollywood talks about its artistry, the crappier its product becomes.
Archive for 2009
December 26, 2009
SNUBBED. I predict it will get much worse.
MICHAEL JENNINGS gets around.
NEWS: Jasper Schuringa ID’d as Flight 253 Hero.
UPDATE: Related thoughts from Randy Barnett.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Byron York: Obama handles Northwest Airlines terror incident differently than Ft. Hood. “The White House wants the public to know that President Obama, on vacation at a luxurious oceanfront home in Hawaii, has received conference call updates and is keeping close tabs on the situation.”
JANE HAMSHER: Why I Reached Out to Grover Norquist on Fannie/Freddie.
MORE IUD TALK. The discussion in the comments is as interesting as the article.
GREATEST NEWSPAPER HEADLINE of all time.
VIDEOLAN to release a video editor.
STUNNING satellite photos of Earth.
HAWAII VACATIONS? I’d be the last to begrudge anyone a tropical island trip, though I don’t want any goddamn carbon-footprint lectures from people who fly thousands of miles week after week. Meanwhile, whatever you think of Presidents, I think Congress should be required to spend at least 270 days a year outside of Washington . . . .
THE FIRST FUNCTIONAL molecular transistor.
MARTIN FELDSTEIN: Gold is a poor inflation hedge.
ROGER SIMON: A ClimateGate Christmas.
PANASONIC TO CREATE batteries that can power a house for a week. I’d love to see ’em.
AND WITH GOOD REASON: Feingold Slams Obama Over Earmarks.
UPDATE: “Earmarks? How about bribes?”
IN THE MAIL: From Howard Morris, Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid: The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship.
JACK LAIL: Why Examiner.com’s traffic is growing through the roof. “Oh yeah, some are more worried about Google ‘stealing’ their content while the Examiner just grows and grows. We better start worrying about somebody wooing the audience.”
STEVEN BARNES: What if Spike Lee had directed Avatar?
TOP TECHNOLOGY TRENDS of 2009.