In the summer of 1996, a year before Lea and I married, she went to Atlanta on business. I drove over to enjoy dinner and an evening with her, and I enjoyed a Red Brick Ale or two. It was the first time I consciously participated in what is now a favorite tradition of mine—when … Read more
NPR apologists miss a hole you could drive a HMMWV through in their primary counterargument, which seems to be “but the public funds only 16% of the operation!” Well, if the federal government is funding only 16%, then you have 84% of your problem solved already, don’t you? Go solve the remainder the way the … Read more
Dr. Heiter, a surgeon renowned for his work with Siamese twins, decides he’d really like to sew three people together, using their mouths and anuses as the junctions. Yes, that’s right. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a real contender for feel-good picture of the year. So the good doctor lives in the German countryside, … Read more