About that Keynes/Hayek rap video
Remember this clever video on Keynes and Hayek’s theories? Look at the actors in it: And look at the actual men, when they were young. Here’s Keynes: And here’s Hayek: Pretty good likenesses, no?
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Mr. Brown Goes To Washington
I’ve been saving that title for quite some time. And now there it is, big as life—because Scott Brown, the Republican Senator-elect from Massachusetts, has gone to Washington today. Flying coach. As John McCain said, “Sen. Brown represents the dreams … Continue reading →
How to defy the aging process
How? Be Sophia Loren. The lady is 75 years old, and she’d be looking good even for fifty. Actually, she’d be looking good even for forty. There’s no super-taut, fake, worked-on look, either. Here Loren was at last night’s Golden … Continue reading →
Earth’s a distant second to the world of “Avatar”
In my “Avatar” post, I wrote: [The movie] fits in so nicely with the current notions of many of the AGW and PETA folks””that humans (especially of the first-world variety) are the scourge of an otherwise wonderful earth””that it makes … Continue reading →
Avatar: the war against humans
I decided to go see the movie “Avatar” even though I knew that, as a futuristic action film loaded with special effects, it probably wasn’t going to make my top-ten list. The idea of a 3-D movie intrigued me, though, … Continue reading →
Just for fun
I figured it’s about time for some comic relief. And not political satire either; something altogether removed from that topic. In this thread, there was some more discussion in the comments section about that wonderful old chestnut “The Court Jester.” … Continue reading →
Al Gore has a Woody Allen/Marshall McLuhan moment
Remember this satisfying scene from “Annie Hall?” Woody Allen calls on Marshall McLuhan to silence an obnoxious blowhard spouting off while waiting in a movie line: “Boy, if life were only like this,” Allen muses at the end of the … Continue reading →
The Splendor of Natalie Wood
Here’s some momentary relief from the dubious pleasures of Climategate. I was doing some You Tube surfing the other night, and as way led on to way, I began wondering whether Natalie Wood’s transcendent work as Deenie in “Splendor in … Continue reading →
Let’s hear it for the stuggle against reality
Thanks, Dr. Sanity, for reminding me of one of the funniest clips ever from one of the funniest movies ever: Relevant posts: this one.
Continue reading →Obama, the poison chalice, and…
…Danny Kaye. Yes, you got that right: Obama, the poison chalice, and Danny Kaye. Bob Schieffer wondered on the CBS Early Show whether there will be negative fallout for President Obama from his Peace Prize: …[O]ne European commentator…said ”˜will this … Continue reading →
Althouse and Moore; Jews and Polanski and bankers
I noticed an interesting and controversial discussion at Ann Althouse’s blog in response to a post involving the abominable Michael Moore’s latest movie, the anti-capitalism screed about which Ann writes: in attacking the banking system, Moore presented quite a parade … Continue reading →
Polanski as Byronic hero
Studying the Polanski brouhaha, and most especially reading the columns and comments of his defenders and champions, puts me in mind of certain Romantic heroes and artists of old. I refer to the poet whose exploits—sexual and otherwise—were famous in … Continue reading →