Even though we see her having sex with a 15-year-old boy. Q : Do you ever have any trepidations about approaching controversial material like abortion in "Revolutionary Road" or statutory rape? Winslet: I'm so so…
There's a headline. The underlying story is not funny, involving racially discriminatory censorship in Australia. ADDED: There is no porn at the link, though I do find what's there highly objectionable: The government ba…
"... the former is vaguely inspired by the idea of the latter." Sasha Volokh disses Madison in the comments to a Volokh Conspiracy post by Judge Paul Cassell . The post is about whether it's ethical for a judge to …
So if I have nothing to say then I wasted 148 minutes. To try to salvage my lost time, I'll go with a numbered list: 1. Why is a comedy 148 minutes long? Especially a comedy based on a half-hour sitcom. It was like 5 TV episo…
Asks Linda Greenhouse , in a survey of the Roberts years on the Supreme Court that notes the decline of 5-4 decisions. There's only been 1 this year (and it was a "low-profile" statutory case where Justice Kennedy, …
"Their car windows were plastered with American-flag decals, their ideological totems. In the bumper-sticker dialogue of the freeways, they answered Make Love Not War with Honor America or Spiro is My Hero. They sent Richard…
Instapundit links to this Denver Post story about 2 male students who distributed a parody — "The Monthly Bag" — of the feminist newsletter — "The Monthly Rag." Here 's a PDF of the 1-page flier (via Ace…
Title: "The Loneliness of the Pro-Hillary Blogger." Topics and times: Why Hillary should stay in (until June, anyway) (07:36) Is Hillary a wounded wife, or does she just play one on TV? (06:27) Ann defends making fun of…
NY Post headline about Judge Weinstein's decision in the Polizzi case: Maverick Brooklyn federal Judge Jack Weinstein issued the ruling in a child-porn case over which he presided - chastising himself for not telling the ju…
Well, that doesn't sound right to me, but BldgBlog says it ; I have to pay attention. I note that it doesn't seem to be about the buildings: No matter what you do in L.A., your behavior is appropriate for the city. Los An…
Here. The comment I left at his site. Glenn: You quote me saying "Meanwhile, in Iran, they're executing porn stars." That is a misquote that you need to correct. I did not use the word "stars," for exact…
Obama Girl is our new glimpse into the way independent YouTube videos are going to transform campaign advertising: According to Jake Tapper, the video "poke[s] racy fun at the way some voters have responded viscerally to bo…
You know... all that Clinton-lunching-with-the-feminist-bloggers stuff . Excerpt: 12:12 PM kentucky: I don't understand why Jessica is so defensive about what you said in your profile of Ann Althouse. I personally don't…
... at what point do we have a problem with it? Dr. Helen scoffs at at the people who complain about the way Fred Thompson looks at his voluptuous wife: [T]here are many ... women who feel that unless one is Bill Clinton or the …
At first, it looked as thought the internet was going to help the business, but it hasn't worked out that way . Too many amateurs are giving pornography away for nothing. And unlike consumers looking for music and other media…
The movie "Hounddog" -- about which such a stir was kicked up -- is a dog : "Hounddog" is from the overheated and overacted school of Southern drama, filled with stereotypical characters, pseudo-poetic dialogu…
If you're looking for the Foley discussion, including the Washington Times call for Hastert to resign, go back to this post from last night , which has a nice comment thread going, including that quote. And by the way, how l…
Douglas Coupland is doing a TimesSelect column this month. ( Link for subscribers .) Today he's got a list of 7 things he hates about hotels. Go ahead, make up your own if you don't get TimesSelect. I'll bet you can c…
Really, I can't get over them publishing this . It's really long too. Is David Mager someone they know or something? Even though I'm an older woman myself, and I love reading the NYT, I find myself frequently scoffing…