Over at Nobody's Business, I've finally posted the third and final part of my review of Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch's Declaration of Independents. … [Read more...] about Declaration of Independents – Part 3
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Declartion of Independents – Review of Part 1
Over at Nobody's Business, I've put up my review of part 1 of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. Update: And I got a mighty nice shout-out from Matt Welch at Hit & Run. … [Read more...] about Declartion of Independents – Review of Part 1
X-Men: First Class – Review
I saw X-Men: First Class on Saturday, and I know some other reviewers don't agree, but I thought it was the best superhero movie I've seen in a long time. I've not seen any of director Matthew Vaughn's other movies, but on the strength of this one, I think I'll have to. It's that good. It was well-written too, which is a bit of a surprise since there are six credited writers, … [Read more...] about X-Men: First Class – Review
Hail to the King, Baby!
After one final delay (see Gearbox studio head Randy Pitchford's gracious apology), the long, long, long awaited video game Duke Nukem Forever (a.k.a. "The Chinese Democracy of video games") is scheduled to ship on June 14, and it's already gone gold in pre-orders. Check out the latest trailer: I think I actually prefer this older trailer which came out a few months ago: I am … [Read more...] about Hail to the King, Baby!
Paper Books Becoming More Expensive
Here's a fun fact: The free market, combined with poorly written computer algorithms, means you might have to pay $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping) for a book about flies at Amazon. Read all about it at Michael Eisen's blog it is NOT junk. … [Read more...] about Paper Books Becoming More Expensive