Has any major pop star, of any era, required the level of indulgence that Kanye West demands? He’s a brilliant producer, an ingenious curator, and arguably the most consequential pop star of the last decade, but liking Kanye has always meant making peace with the arrogant, petulant, sometimes infuriating character in the foreground. For a… via… Read More Suddenly We Find this Kanye West Fellow A Bit Difficult to Accept.
He covers all the basics in a short period of time. This struck me: Brian Aldiss believes that if you look at the life of any novelist, you’ll find an early traumatic break, and mine seems no exception. Because I think everyone can examine their childhood and find moments of sublime clarity, when reality takes… Read More William Gibson’s Source Code: An Interesting Mini-Memoir
It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that what he really wants to say is “Oh, for God’s Sakes. I did a movie. I acted. It’s coming out soon. It’s not high art, but it’s not bad. People will enjoy it. Stop trying to dredge for controversey, you numb-skulled little guttersnipe.” I suspect that deep down,… Read More Harrison Ford Hates Journalists
Walter Russel Mead, in his usual long-but-worth-your-time style, explains the obvious: At bottom press bias is the consequence of honest efforts to report the real news by sincere and thoughtful people. There is a lot going on in our busy world these days, and every reporter and every editor has be selective. They have to… Read More Why Bias is Inevitable
Ripping the newsblogs, and the whole profession of journalism, a new one, with the same joke. My point is that there is nothing wrong with 21st-century journalism except (a) the continued existence of the Columbia Journalism Reviewand (b) the shortage of good, cheap mescaline. And if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. IYKWIMAITYD. Journalists are… Read More Stacy McCain is Funnier Than a Chimp on Phenobarbitols
I didn’t mind The West Wing. Didn’t watch it a whole lot, but I didn’t mind it. The hero was a Democratic President, who was smart, sophisticated, and occasionally gutsy. The politics were blatant, but in a show about politics, they should have been. And Sorkin usually gave the Right its State of the Union Response.… Read More At the New York Post, Kyle Smith Affirms Everything I Could Have Expected About “The Newsroom.”
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