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Author Archives: Jorge Costales
Think we really know about any public figure?
The tragedy of Jerry Sandusky’s crimes highlights something always useful to recall. How much we don’t really know about public figures. Imagine you had been asked to answer the question below in secret, as part of a Malcolm Gladwell-like ‘blink … Continue reading
Ted outing and multi-cinema civil disobediance
Definition of multi-cinema civil disobedience [MCCD]: Watching one movie at a multiplex cinema, while having purchased a ticket for another. MCCD is a conservative [or right-winger, take your pick, it’s the other side than runs from labels] movie lover’s rational … Continue reading
Take Nick Hornby leave the cannolli
There can be a certain melancholy to discovering writers whose work you love. Are they dead or in their prime? Sometimes dead is better, like when there’s an accessible body of work. I love Tom Wolfe, but after I found … Continue reading
Who is Eric Holder?
It is with indescribable joy that I watch Eric Holder and his defenders blame his latest incompetence on race. Just deserts. Just a few more months. Below is a reminder of who Holder is from a Maureen Dowd column in … Continue reading
To suffer the pain of what is hidden
In the middle of reading Nick Hornby’s clever book about books, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree, I came across an amazing letter from an unexpected motivational speaker, Anton Chekhov. Below are portions of Chekhov’s letter, written in 1886, to his younger … Continue reading
LeBron hating and the Nanny State
Stop the LeBron hating? Are you kidding. As I’ve listened and read Heat fans reactions to the team’s 2nd championship, a consensus seems to have emerged that we want LeBron haters [see a partial list here] to stop their criticisms. … Continue reading
Finals Game 2 MVP: Russell ‘Cantinflas’ Westbrook
Miami Heat fans have much to be thankful for. Especially in our opponents. Carmelo Anthony’s selfishness. Amar’e Stoudemire’s reverse pyromania. Carlos Boozer’s contract. Derrick Rose’s jump shot. Rajon Rondo’s personality disorder. To quote Yoda, ‘… there is another.’ The Finals … Continue reading
Scientology’s Bombshell: Xenu vs Zena on PPV
In a stunning development, the Church of Scientology has decided to spin off its core beliefs into a separate entity whose relationship with Scientology would only exist through monitored arm’s length transactions. The new company, Thetan But Not Beaten [TBNB] … Continue reading
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Tagged Humor, Scientology, Warrior Princess, Zena
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Leftist Administration gets an election year fix
Lefties in the Obama Administration [redundant?] are no doubt constrained by reelection efforts, so at this stage they are reduced to using visas as a way expressing their solidarity with all things on the left. The Wall Street Journal’s Mary … Continue reading