First Thoughts: Snow White and the Huntsman Soundtrack
I’ve been doing searches on Spotify over the past week or so for the soundtrack to Snow White and the Huntsman, so you can imagine my joy this morning on discovering its sudden availability. ...
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Memories of Valor
Freddie DeBoer defends Chris Hayes’s willingness to judge soldiers as individuals rather than give them blanket praise. His thesis: “there is no such thing as praise that does not recognize the individual character of...
Echoes on the Road
“The sound of the air blasts rolled down the hillside and over the fields. With never a pause, tiny figures in gray next to each gun quickly reloaded. Alessandro’s infatuation with Janet was overwhelmed...
The Market Value of Soiled Sheets
True story: some months ago my wife purchased some bedding sheets from one of the nation’s largest off-price retail stores. I won’t say which or give you a hint like “character on Friends” because...
“Snow White” Had Better Be the Fairest Film, Dammit
Permit me to echo io9’s causes for hope and causes for concern regarding the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman. Like them, I so desperately want it to prevail for its own sake and...
Paul Thomas Anderson Returns!
No other filmmaker can hold a sacred candle to writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson when he directs his mind, heart, and camera to American religiosity. Those who’ve seen Magnolia and There Will Be Blood can...
Moments in Parenting When You Don’t Know What to Say
I expect that my son will expand his vocabulary in kindergarten, but I was nonetheless momentarily dumbfounded when he came home one day, asked me to help him with a project, and informed me...
Vote Like a Baby
For reasons I’d rather not guess, the Texas Right to Life mailed us the above advertisement. When you flip it over, you see it’s an endorsement of Scott Turner for the TX State House. ...
