"he and the show he sculpted in his own image are every bit as responsible as Ailes and Fox News for turning modern politics into visceral entertainment, endlessly mined for punchlines, and kickers"

Duverger's Law seems to be an accurate observation. If you want more than two parties, you have to change the electoral system first. You have to start locally. Running for and voting for third party presidential candidates is an exercise in pure ego.

Psst hey you might want to actually see the movie before you place your money on that line

Citing neocon reactionaries with axes to grind doesn't bolster your case.

I'm not sure if you knew of it, but a dark backstory for Peter Pan is featured, or at least implied, as part of The Children's Crusade, a Vertigo comic book series authored by, among others, Neil Gaiman.

From her point of view, why take the risk?

Are we honestly taking Graham's bullshit philosophy at face value? Half the thesis of the movie is that it's never that simple.

I would pay cash money.

The Sugarhill Gang were synthesized to make a radio hit. Quite a hit, to be sure, but I don't know if they really count as a defining member of the "old school".

Delete your account.

"Protip: I'm a hardcore feminist "

Fuck off back to 8chan any time, thanks.

"Simply, it's silly that she's getting death threats over bad feminism."

"it’s perhaps not quite as awesome that the movie can’t muster the same empathy toward the less-conventionally-attractive women being used as milk bags who remain locked up."

All Night Watch work is Charlie work.

Cite your sources, buddy.

The evidence is increasingly strong for the lead-crime hypothesis.

Much of the drop in crime seems attributable to reduced lead poisoning, actually.

It's almost as if he were a political figure, telling his audiences what he wanted them to hear.

Depends on how you look at it, I guess. They've sometimes been more reckless than the intelligence gain would seem to warrant.