Hold Fast

Not that I’m particularly concerned that the readers of the New York Times op-ed page will be upset about Russ Douthat spoiling the endings of two major books turned movies, but hot dang, what a wanky thing to do. And for what it’s worth, Dan Brown was a teach at my high school. I knew […]

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This is just cool (hat tip to Fred for the video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU1fixMAObI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6c-umQ_hlc

Via Vernon Lee, with a hat tip to FG.

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Jules Dassin, one of the great directors of film noir, has died. He was blacklisted during the HUAC for associations with the Communist Party and had lived in exile since 1953. Rififi is one of my favorite movies - I actually thought about watching it this weekend, coincidentally. If you’re a fan of Quintin Tarantino, […]

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You’re doing it wrong.

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The Washington Post has a very interesting article today on an Indian initiative giving community coalitions access to bureaucracies and input in the governance process.
But under a popular government initiative called Bhagidari, which is Hindi for partnership, citizens’ groups across New Delhi have been empowered to walk into any office and demand answers.
Since 2000, neighborhood […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo

Hooray for public art.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp2ppYB9fDo

I can probably count the number of my friends who saw The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford on one hand, while pretty much everyone I know has seen No Country for Old Men. While I loved No Country for Old Men and thought Javier Bardem gave a phenomenal performance, Casey Affleck’s […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXckTL3QEdM

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For those who are friends of FireDogLake and Donita Sparks I wanted to let you know that my pal Joh Padgett of Monticello Politics is doing a special podcast version of this week’s regular The Spin I’m In music column at FDL. Donita will host a conversation with her longtime friend and drummer Lady Dee […]

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