You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” — Uncle Ellis, No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy Book report: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Yes, I read the book first, finishing it a few hours before the matinee. It’s a contender for the decade’s Great American […]
You can’t have a dope business without dopers.” — Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock Proposed laws about paparazzi are worse-than-useless. There are already laws on stalking, creating a public nuisance and any number of other categories that would apply and hold up in court […]
Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock One of the outcomes of a Democratic presidential victory come November likely will be national health care sooner not later. And one of the outcomes of national health care will be a sudden and welcome drop in pretentious fundraisers. Nearly nine years ago I wrote an offensive column. I apologized […]
“Book ’em, Danno” is a stick-in-your-brain phrase I’ve no memory for this. A book is mentioned and I’ll remember if I’ve read it, and how long ago, and whether it was paper or audio, as I also “read” about 1 1/2 books a month on CD while commuting. (There’s no best verb for drinking in […]
When one goes for a hit of news, it’s amazing how often it’s been cut with spin. Not bias, not commentary, but flapdoodle. It’s right after shipment where the purveyors can’t help but allude to it so it stays. Example 1. Former President Clinton’s tactics a few weeks ago while campaigning for the candidacy of […]
Four years ago Charlie Rose interviewed Garrison Keillor, who said something so provocative that for a detectable millisecond Rose was speechless, a rarity. Keillor of course was on promoting A Prairie Home Companion, but early on they discussed the just-ended 2004 election, where the progressive Keillor nailed John Kerry’s defeat and praised George II’s campaign […]