This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle – among others – that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error; that in the competition of the marketplace of ideas, the sounder ideas will in the long run win out.
~ Elmer Davis

Archives for May, 2007

"We’re not unreasonable": cool video(re: Your Brains), movie review, and commentary


I saw this video the other day and it reminds me of all the demands the terrorists make (”we’re not unreasonable, let’s negotiate. All we want is the destruction of Israel and the other Great Satan and the world to convert to Islam or die…”) as well as just about any situation where the bad […]

Stoning Women: Never out of style…A Lesson to be Learned


This whole War in Iraq is getting old. It’s immoral and it’s illegal. The Iraqi’s should be able to live thier lives the way they wish? If they can’t control the violence on their own, do they really deserve our help? In any case, the US has no right to impose […]

Movie Review: Pillow Talk


Pillow Talk - 3/5 Stars
This film from long ago stars Rock Hudson and Dorothy Day. Their characters share a phone line (a party line) and they get off on the wrong foot. However, when Hudson’s character sees Day’s character and recognizes the name, then he disguises his voice in an attempt to take […]

Movie Review: Spiderman 3


Spiderman 3 - 3/5 stars
(post edited 5/7/07, 4pm)
This was an enjoyable sequel to the other two movies, and like the other movies, it focused more on the internal struggle within Peter Parker rather than the external conflicts between Spiderman and the super-villains. In all three movies, this is both a weakness and a strength, and […]