After Mark Steyn administers the appropriate thwacking to Branagh’s recent flop PC adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express – in which perhaps the worst crime is giving Poirot a preposterous walrus mustache – he moves on to speak glowingly of Sydney Lumet’s 1974 version: Oh, to be sure, Lumet’s Orient Express is of its time, and the color… Read More Murder on the Orient Express and 1970’s Cinema
First, a nice Mark Steyn obit on Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston makes a salient point: But, if you’re a feminist or a gay or any of the other house pets in the Democrat menagerie, you might want to look at Rahm Emanuel’s pirouette, and Menino’s coziness with Islamic homophobia. These guys are about power,… Read More Authority, Misandry, and Mixing: A Few Links to Start the Week
The more you read Vaughey’s conversation with Walker, the more random, the more insane, the more I-misplaced-my-geritol it becomes: WALKER: He has no right to do that, Your Honor. THE COURT: Well, he’s — you incited him. WALKER: But, your honor, I did not incite him within the Brandenburg standard though. THE COURT: Forget Bradenburg… Read More Steyn on the Kimberlin/Walker Trial, and Judge Cecil Jeconiah Vaughey…
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