Bill Zeiser
As The Spectator‘s own Emily Zanotti covered yesterday, it’s that magical time of year when those who toil in the normally unrewarding and altruistic film industry take time away from the hustle and bustle of Tinseltown to recognize…themselves. The Golden Globes…
When I really want to punish myself, I read the work of Ezra Klein. It’s not that I have anything in particular against the Washington Post blogger and MSNBC talking head. Okay, maybe it gets my goat just a bit…
If you can’t trust the Russian government, who can you trust? This must be the question running through the mind of David Satter, a longtime journalist who now posesses the dubious and unfortunate distinction of being the first American scribe…
Astute Spectator readers may have observed that I am a fan of post-apocalyptic and dystopian films and imagery. There is something hauntingly beautiful in seeing the familiar laid to waste. A recent move to Michigan meant that it was only…
An interesting debate has been brewing these past few days over what it means to be a public intellectual—an honorific job description which I can imagine my intelligent but practical mother rolling her eyes at. Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic…
In a recent episode of Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO drama, Newsroom, about the inner workings of a network news program, a young staffer puts his fist through a computer monitor. He had become enraged after repeatedly viewing a clip in…
The latest effort from French filmmaker Luc Besson, Lockout, is an unmemorable and derivative science fiction flick set in the distant year of 2079. The action takes place on a space station orbiting Earth where violent criminals are held in…
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport (vaguely reminiscent of scenes from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) which blends elements of more familiar disciplines such as karate, boxing, wrestling, and judo. Many of the top competitors are world class…
What exactly does one wear to a “leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions… [made up of] the 99 percent that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1 percent”? This was…
Stand up straight. Don’t talk with strangers. Never chew with your mouth full. Say “please” and “thank you.” Don’t shoot heroin. These maxims have been repeated by every responsible parent since time immemorial. No one would disagree with such basic…
