Oct 3 2009

Roman Polanski’s Defenders

Lately I’ve been obsessively reading about people’s reactions to Roman Polanski. Not about Polanski himself. I don’t understand how someone could say, “I think I’ll rape a child now.” But I also know that as a decent human being, I’ll never understand it, so it’s not worthwhile to try.* I’ve known for a long time [...]

Jul 19 2009

Reuters Still Stuck on "Coup"-pid

I reckon the antique media still thinks they’re living back in the days of “Uncle Walter.”
Reading this Reuters story about “talks” between negotiators for deposed leftist wannabe-dictator and the legitimate government of Honduras is a little like reading Pravda: It all seems perfectly sane, perfectly rational — but originating from a long time ago [...]