Stallion Cornell

Ijust got off the phone with a woman who had spent the past month volunteering to get a ballot initiative off the ground in her community, only to watch a Tea Party group swoop in, dump a boatload of money, and swing the election in their favor. "I lost my first election," she said. "I ... Read more

I remembered interview with comics write.artist John Byrne in the late 1980s in which he described his revamp of the Superman character for DC comics. He said one of the things that mystified him as a kid was that everybody was trying to figure out who Superman really was. His question, which had never seemed ... Read more

Iapologize that I'm vague on the details of the story I'm about to share, but there are real people who might be embarrassed if I were to name names. The year was 1999. I was looking for a job, and I found myself in Washington, DC talking to a former high-level Clinton administration staffer, one ... Read more

Thegeniuses over at ShatnersToupee.blogspot.com have done it again. They've released their first full toupological analysis of a Star Trek movie. Beginning at the beginning, they review the noble failure that is Star Trek: The Motion Picture.Everything they say in their review is right on the money. People who have seen this movie have rightfully ... Read more

I may have spoken too soon when I said that the movie Anonymous is pretty good. When I put up the link, it had an 80% "fresh" rating at RottenTomatoes.com. As of this writing, that number has dipped down to 40%, making it certified "rotten." I'm reading all the reviews with delight, as it's ... Read more

Sawthe following quote on a friend's Facebook page today:

"Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice . . . you don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and

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Interestingfollow-ups to my last post:1. Apparently, Anonymous is pretty good. I don't know if that means it's good history, but it seems to be good entertainment. I hope people can recognize the difference between the two.2. Anonymous is being pulled from wide release. Apparently, market research shows that there's not a whole lot of interest ... Read more

Every time I try to say anything about the Shakespeare Authorship Question, as it is called among us artsy types who give a rip, I can feel all of your collective eyes rolling out in cyberspace. I get it. You don't care. I should move on. Hollywood, however, has come calling, and the first ... Read more

From2004 until 2010, I essentially made my living as a paid Republican hack. So it's really remarkable to me that I discover that I am, according to the Tea Party, a RINO.RINO, in case you been living under a rock for the past decade, is an acronym that stands for Republican In Name Only. In ... Read more

Ifyou read the Drudge Report, then you'll become convinced very quickly that Herman Cain is going to be the Republican nominee. He's surging in the polls, and the latest general election matchup shows him beating President Obama. Now, I would like to say with certainty that Herman Cain will not be the Republican nominee. In ... Read more