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Putting a Cork in It

Nate Silver makes the sharp observation that all the public hand-wringing by red state Democrats about how they won't vote for the health care reform bill in its current form may not do them much good with their voters: Take a look, for instance, at ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Max Baucus,  Jon Tester,  Chuck Grassley,  Olympia Snowe

Palin vs. Johnston, Ctd.

Another day, another example of Sarah Palin going out of her way to trash the father of her grandson, Levi Johnston. In response to a People magazine reader's question, "How is your daughter Bristol doing as a young mother," the former governor ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Levi Johnston,  People Magazine

The Movie Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'

This tidbit of information appears in the closing credits of Herzog’s , but it might more usefully have been conveyed in the opening titles, if only to give audiences a better idea of what’s in store. Though it borrows the first half of its name from ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Abel Ferrara,  Nicolas Cage,  Val Kilmer,  Eva Mendes

Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back to the Multiplex

Regal medium popcorn -- 20 cups -- contains 1,200 calories, 60 grams of saturated fat, and 980 milligrams of sodium. That's without the buttery topping that can be drizzled -- or poured -- on the popcorn, which adds another 200 calories and 3 grams of ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AMC,  Cinemark Theatres

2012: Life Imitates Art?

"I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be in a position to really even seriously consider running for anything in the future, and I'm not there yet," Palin tells Newsmax. "But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He's a ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Beck

'Going Rogue,' in 70 Words or Less

The opinion-page equivalent of the Palinesque style is easy enough to imagine: I would use this space to recite the indignities the world forced on me over the course of the week—an effete-looking young person ignored me the other day—plus glimpses of ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  18 Nov 2009

Ill-Humored

Newsweek puts together a list of the dozen worst comedians of the last few decades, including Emo Phillips, Andrew Dice Clay, Paulie Shore, Carrot Top, and Gallagher. The memories still burn. Palin puts the "party" back in GOP. Intellectual rigor. ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Newsweek,  Andrew Dice Clay,  Carrot Top,  U.S. Republican Party

"We're Gonna Need a Bigger Plane"

I'm anticipating that the next post on The Plank will have the word "Train" in the title. I'm anticipating that the next post on The Plank will have the word "Train" in the title. Palin puts the "party" back in GOP. Intellectual rigor. Honest reporting. ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

The Tone Poem: ‘2012’

No, 2012 is not quite the pointless cinematic exercise that G.I. Joe was, as I noted in my review last week. But that’s no reason not to repurpose some of its more notable dialogue for an alternative literary experience: Looks like the neutrinos coming ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House

Lowering the Bar

No way! She's more popular than a failed presidential candidate who admitted to cheating on his much-admired, cancer-suffering wife, and is widely believed to have fathered a child with his mistress and covered it up with help from campaign donors? ...

From CHRISTOPHER ORR, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

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