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Michael Kinsley explains why Social Security privatization cannot possibly work. [Los Angeles Times, might expect you to register] […]
Author: Mark Evanier
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Today's Political Rant
Time Magazine has named George W. Bush its "Man of the Year." This is not necessarily an honor. The stated criteria is that it denotes the person who, in the view of the magazine's editors, "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year." Past recipients include a lot of great men […]
Ben Oda Lives!
This is the kind of thing only I would notice. In fact, it covers two of my many aberrant fields of interest. One is the way in which the influence of comic books has crept into mass culture. The other is the art of comic book lettering, a craft which has had many distinguished practitioners. […]
Freeze Peach
Speaking of the First Amendment, as I think I just was, The Sundance Channel has a nice film festival going on lately. It's called "The First Amendment Project" and it's a series of films about the lead-off clause in the Bill of Rights. At the moment, I'm watching and enjoying No Joking, a too-short-but-sweet documentary […]
Theatrical Truancy
This article by Charles Isherwood discusses how often one can go to the Broadway theater and find out that the star you came to see is out and the understudy is on. I think his premise is a bit overstated, and the piece lumps together stars who miss shows because they have movie and TV […]
Another Twist in the McFarlane Matter
Here's a message I received from Glenn Adams… I very much enjoy your blog. I just have to see if you have an opinion on McFarlane's problems and The Aviator. What Glenn's referring to vis-a-vis "McFarlane's problems" is that Todd McFarlane, comic book artist and creator of Spawn, has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
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Andrew Sullivan discusses states' rights and the fact that everyone's attitude seems to be, "I'm all for states' rights as long as they don't use them to do anything I don't like." […]
Spying Eyes
As you've no doubt observed, I'm in the Amazon.Com affiliate program (and a few others) which means that if you click on an Amazon link here, you go to their site and I get a small commission on any purchases you make. This applies to anything you buy if you reach Amazon via the links […]
When Titans Clash
The Marvel Comics folks are suing the companies that market an online game called "City of Heroes" over a claimed infringement on copyrights and trademarks. I haven't paid enough attention to the matter to explain it beyond that or to have any sort of opinion. But when I do get around to reading up on […]
Getting Shafted
Elsewhere on this site (here, if you're interested) I have three articles I wrote about what I call "Unfinanced Entrepreneurs." This is not the perfect title for these people since some of them do have money, in some cases lots of it. But they all act like they have none when they ask writers to […]
Disney Duel
Here's Nikki Finke with an interesting take on the Michael Eisner-Mike Ovitz trial. […]
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Fred Kaplan reports on how the latest test of the "missile defense shield system." Three sentence summary: It doesn't work. It's never shown signs it can work. And the people behind it seem unwilling to consider that possibility, no matter how much it costs us. […]
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma…
Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of the Earthseas novels. Ursula K. Le Guin is not happy with the adaptation of them into a current TV mini-series. Ursula K. Le Guin explains why. […]
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Frank Rich places the Mel Gibson movie about Christ into the bigger picture. […]
Hey, Hey, Hey!
How did the animated Fat Albert come to be? My pal Floyd Norman was there at the beginning and he tells us all about it. […]