Year: 2009
Immigration Control As Cultural Critic?
Yet another reason to get rid if the INS: When Jordan Peimer booked an Argentine band that fuses Jewish Klezmer music with tango, he thought he had the perfect act to headline his “Fiesta Hanukkah” concert. … That was before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services weighed in with some cultural commentary of its own.… Read more
The Bonnie Hunt Show
I am a big fan of Bonnie’s and have met her on two occasions and she couldn’t be nicer. I’ve had a huge crush on her since I met her in Woolworth’s in 1991. I just read that The Bonnie Hunt Show “is not expected to continue” for a third season. Bonnie Hunt!”isThen it… Read more
Muvico Must Hate Its Customers
I hate it when movie theaters put a message on the screen where they threaten to prosecute us for using a recording device. I understand they want to prevent people from copying movies, and I don’t plan on any bootlegging, but I don’t like doing business with places that treat me like a criminal. Since… Read more
The Warlord of Maricopa
Joe Arpaio is a scary guy. He’s the Sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, and if things go the wrong way today, I think he’ll be the closest thing this country has to a third-world warlord. As usual, Scott Greenfield explains. Read more
The Crime of the Moment
It looks like Seattle police may think the Sunday morning shooting deaths of four Lakewood police officers was the work of a guy who was reportedly out on $150,000 bail from another couple of crimes. However, the thing that everyone’s going to be talking about is the fact that he had previously been sentenced to… Read more