why aren't right wingers funny anymore?
Seriously, Evelyn Waugh is one of the funniest men who ever lived. Why are current Republicans so horribly unfunny? Or at least only funny unintentionally?

Kennedy? Boring
Forgive me for saying this, but I don't see Kennedy as either much of a liberal icon or a terribly interesting personality. He made a lot of pretty speeches, but his legislative record was thin to non-existent. As for foreign policy, he didn't get us blown up over Cuba, but he did pretty much give…

Why I hate Ware
I've sometimes wondered how to express why I dislike Ware so intensely and the Yates comparison pretty well nails it down. Lots of talent, but the only theme either of them can think of is projecting a deep sense of self-loathing outwards. Well that's Yates, there's a layer of hipster snarkiness to…

Well one very small redeeming thing about Liefeld: He is responsible for Alan Moore's run on "Supreme," which was awesome. Given the burning hatred Alan Moore has for D.C. it's the closest we'll ever get to Moore doing another Superman comic.
Of course all the panels that weren't flashbacks were in that painful to…

Be careful what you wish for
To me this is yet more proof for a treasured thesis of mine: It's often better for a show to die young then to live into dotage. Seriously, how much better would we remember the Andy Griffith show if it hadn't limped through all those mediocre years after Don Knotts left. Or take…

Stefan Zweig's short stories are quite solid. "Letter from an Unknown Woman" is fantastic and "Amok" quite good as is "Episode on Lake Geneva." "Chess Story" is technically a novella but I suppose the line between long short story and short novel is blurry. It might be my favorite of the bunch, though there's a…