Oct 6 2009

Explaining Polanskiites

In Dennis Prager’s Townhall column today, he asks the most obvious and urgent question about the Roman Polanski crisis, the same point noted by Movie Badger in a previous Lizardian post:
How is one to explain the film world’s conscience?
He refers not to Polanski himself; as Movie Badger noted, the existence of evil people is not [...]

Sep 3 2009

Bob McDonnell and Sonia Sotomayor, compare and contrast

Liberal feminists Ruth Marcus and Hanna Rosin have suggested that it’s hypocritical for conservatives to defend Bob McDonnell on the grounds that he should be judged by his political record, not his 1989 thesis. Didn’t these same conservatives pounce on Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” remark and ignore her her judicial record?
There are [...]