More than halfway through this odd, fascinating “documentary,” the filmmaker abandons the people that had been its subjects – Mark and his girlfriend, Lisa, both meth and heroin addicts in rural Louisiana – and follows a group of their neighbors, a self-styled militia who are convinced President Obama will impose martial law, and are ready […]
Just musing on 2012. 1) It look like Rick Perry won’t cut it. It’s not his gaffes; those never count. It’s because it all seems so familiar and, well, juiceless. Maybe because he waited so long for his big entrance. Sure, he upstaged HER big moment, but why? I’m afraid the answer may be because it’s […]
Although the exact year it gets to the Supreme Court may be different, you can be sure that history is marching all of us to that case, and I’m surprised we haven’t gotten there already. Of course, history has a tendency to send mixed signals, and I may get caught with my pants down about this […]
The billionaire Warren Buffett wrote an opinion piece for the NYTimes Op-Ed this week, and it was a jaw-dropper. Basically, he was just thanking “Uncle Sam” for coming through on the financial crisis, which averted disaster. Now we have calmer seas in these still-troubled waters, but at least the Ship is finding its safe course, […]
