Groupies: A Love Story
“Do you have the clap?” This charming pickup line is slurred by English musician, Luther Grovesnor, to an overeager groupie named Lixie in the notorious 1970 documentary, Groupies. “Yes,” she admits over the din of an East Village nightclub. “But I’ve been on penicillin for three days, so it should be cleared up by now.” This less than More...
John Wayne Refutes Keynesiansm
Here is an excerpt from an insightful interview that John Wayne gave in 1975. In it, he discusses his aversion to liberals, socialism and John Maynard Keynes. His main criticism of liberals is that they don’t More...
Don’t Believe the Hollywood Spin, Han Shot First.
The latest liberal – conservative controversy revolves around Han Solo’s shooting bounty hunter Greedo at the Mos Eisley Cantina in the movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the original movie, More...
Christopher Hitchens: Courage to be Contrarian
The passing of Christopher Hitchens this week leaves a deep intellectual hole in the English speaking world. A contrarian by nature, he first made his mark as an anti-imperialist Trotskyite of the 1968 stripe before breaking More...
Almost Free at Last. Runaway Slaves Leaving the Dem’s Liberal Plantation
Herman Cain may or may not be qualified to be President of the United States, but if experience is the criteria, surely he has more than the current occupant did when he ran in 2008. What is clear, however, is More...
Pin the Tail on the Nazi
Susan Sarandon is an attractive and intelligent actress whose work I much admire, but when she pipes in on politics, as she did recently by calling the current pope a Nazi, I think to myself; “Oh boy, is she a More...
Why You Should Watch Californication:
A writer tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, as well as his appetite for beautiful women. That is the simple tag line from the IMDB website describing Californication. More...
Anna Kournikova May Make The Biggest Loser Watchable?
FORMER professional tennis player Anna Kournikova is being wooed as the international guest star in the Emirates Marquee at the 2011 Melbourne Cup. The feisty blonde is said to be the perfect fit for the “St More...
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Well the end of Hollywood summer is winding down, and that means August is normally a barren wasteland of left over projects that finally see the light of day. Luckily this summer we are treated to Rise of the More...
Jagger is Super Heavy with Jumping Jack Fusion
How can you not love Mick Jagger? Old enough to collect Social Security, he’s just announced a new band called “Super Heavy” with an album scheduled for release next month. And from the look and More...
