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They did it.

They managed to ruin one of my favorite parts of the Oscars. Just so they could show off their fancy-pants graphics and big-screen TV collection.

The Lives of Other Inconvenient Truths

It comes as no surprise that the liberal blogosphere did a collective spit–take over the National Review’s recent list of the top 25 conservative films of the past 25 years (full disclosure: the Buckleyites invited me to comment on one

Bill Gates: Release the Mosquitos!

True story: Bill Gates — yes, that Bill Gates — released a swarm of mosquitos at a technology conference. He did it (or so he claims) to demonstrate how malaria spreads. Reportedly, he waited a minute or two before he

Bird of a Different Feather

Yesterday the Guardian, a left-leaning British newspaper, ran a column accusing Pixar of the unforgivable crime of hypocrisy. When it comes to Toy Story and WALL-E, the Guardian has a point. After all, any movie that preaches the evils of

Ben Stein's Commencement Day Off

Let me start by laying my cards on the table: I have no personal beef with evolution. I believe evolutionary theory can be perfectly compatible with religion. And I sincerely (if perhaps naively) hope this doesn’t devolve (get it?) into

Re: What's Not to Like: Gillibrand

I had the privilege of interviewing Rep. Gillibrand for a documentary currently in the works. Barely knew who she was at the time, but by the end of the interview, I knew she was going places. Smart, sharp, personable —

And the Oscar goes to – who cares?

With its stubborn refusal to nominate Dark Knight, the second-highest grossing movie of all time, for Best Picture, the Academy seems determined to fade into irrelevancy. This year’s Oscars will be the lowest-rated ever. How do I know? For one

"Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish."

The great actor Patrick McGoohan has passed away. He starred as the title character in the cult TV series “The Prisoner,” but is probably best known to contemporary audiences as King Edward I, aka Longshanks, in one of my favorite

Irony is Dead; Long Live Irony!

After 9/11, a flood of articles proclaimed the death of irony and cynicism. That lasted about two weeks. Jon Stewart and company were back on the irony beat faster than you could tell a dumb Bush joke. (Are we really

Bill Holden & BCS Madness

If you’re like me (and who isn’t?), you’ve been distracted today, and not very productive. (Well, that’s me every day, but I digress.) Instead, you’ve been counting down the minutes to 5:15 PM (PST) tonight, when the BCS college football