Hexagonistes
Jul 24The poster for the upcoming Jonah Hex movie is out: This could be good, or it could be soul-destroyingly awful. The casting of Megan Fox does not make me optimistic. But I await events.
Atlas Shrugged Movie Update #96895
Jul 24Instead of a movie version with Angelina Jolie, Atlas Shrugged might be getting a miniseries with Charlize Theron. (CHT Angela Pham by way of James Tuttle.) On the whole I think this is good news. Theron isn’t quite my vision of Dagny, but neither was Jolie; and although I’d love to see Rand’s surreal vision [...]
We Really Didn’t Mean To Cut Your Hand Off At The Wrist, But We Had No Choice When You Reached For Your E-chips
Jul 24Amazon.com came under some heavy criticism yesterday for last week’s Kindle debacle; the company’s decision to delete copies of e-books from customers’ Kindles was attacked as stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with Amazon’s stated principles. Well, that by itself isn’t news. What’s news is that this time those criticisms are coming from Amazon’s [...]
Walter Williams versus Murray Rothbard; or, Forty Acres of Bad Arguments
Jul 24Senate Resolution 26, apologising for slavery, ends with the disclaimer “Nothing in this resolution (a) authorizes or supports any claim against the United States; or (b) serves as a settlement of any claim against the United States.” In other words, a typical government apology – a faux admission of responsibility, without any of the ordinary [...]
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