I have read some stupid assertions about Science Fiction and Fantasy over the years. As I have internet access, this is inevitable. People say idiotic things occasionally. Then I read this from the Daily Kos, and watched as the bullshit reached such a density that the article collapsed through it’s Read more…
So SF Signal led me to a review of a rather odd play with the provocative title (review title, not play title) “Why Are So Many Fictional Utopias as Terrifying as Dystopias?” This is a subject I’ve touched on before. But the review’s author hits on something I haven’t touched on, Read more…
It’s done. When the creative class itself packs their bags and calls it quits, it’s over. This is where we end. Any tyrant now knows that they can suppress any artistic expression they don’t like just by making some threats. The temptation is to retaliate. Make fun of North Korea Read more…
Just saw the film and here are my impressions in no particular order: Given the subject matter, I doubt there will be a single objective review of this film (pun sort of intended) since just about everyone will review the politics and not the movie. I think they tried to Read more…
The more I think of it, the more I think that the premise of that post is based on the way we’ve stupidly defined politics in the US. We have just the two buckets labeled “left” and “right” and every single political term or concept goes in one bucket or Read more…
That’s the question asked here. In the last few years, I’ve noticed more and more that science fiction has taken a bit of a turn to the right. I’ve also seen more than a few reviews lambasting those authors for their views — which seems to matter not a whit Read more…
Progressives really get steamed when people point to the Tea Party and/or Libertarians as the spiritual successors to the last great anti-establishment mass movements of the 60s and 70s. To them I provide the following interview with Starchild, a San Francisco erotic services provider and Libertarian candidate for school board Read more…
This video of Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein has been making the rounds. Apparently, the Constitution is a little too hard for him to understand because it’s so (gasp) old. Ok, I know that’s not exactly what he was trying to say. Mr. Wonk here was just arguing that the Read more…
One thing that eludes Statists of all stripes is the fact that the more discretion the State has to act, the more prone it is to manifest the baser aspects of human nature. When the State is free to act as it will, it becomes as petty, vindictive, stupid and Read more…
Talking about this. Most of the supporters of the move may be correct in the effect of the proposed rules. In fact the problem with the FCC has very little to do with exactly what they are attempting to do, even though it is a solution still in search of Read more…