Daily Archives: April 15, 2009

And now for something completely ridiculous…

Peter Hitchens in the Daily Mail Eliot Ness couldn’t stop booze, but he would win today’s war on drugs […] If only our policies were actually punitive. But drug use and possession are almost entirely unpunished, which is why they … Continue reading

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Rex Reed reviews American Violet

In the New York Observer It‰s rare, I‰ll admit, but occasionally a good movie raises its head through the muck and mire and leaves me grateful but shocked with disbelief. Such a movie is American Violet, a harrowing, compelling and … Continue reading

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A bag of tea

It’s April 15, and apparently some people are buying bags of a different kind of tea (Pekoe, not sensi) and waving them around, or mailing them, or something, in some kind of FOXnews-run protest against taxes that don’t exist yet… … Continue reading

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