Yeah, so Kick-Ass was released six months ago, and it’s been out on home video for some time now. But I just watched it this afternoon while Lea took the boys to her mom’s. It’s the story (based on the comic book of the same name) of a shy, nerdy high-school student (Aaron Johnson) who … Read more
Those readers who know me well know that I appreciate the finer things of life. My career affords me and my family a certain (high) level of luxury—a level of luxury that we have come to regard as something to which we are entitled, rather than something we enjoy from time to time. That said, … Read more
I’ve been enjoying this all day. Here is Peggy Noonan’s lyrical description of Obama at his post-election press conference, at which he did not exude humility and compromise: His detachment is so great, it is even from himself. As he spoke, he seemed to be narrating from a remove. It was like hearing the audiobook … Read more