By Paul E. Schindler Jr. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things. I have a day job. So every word of this is my opinion, not that of my employer. This offer IS void in Wisconsin. Except, of course, that some material in this column comes from incoming e-mail; such material is usually reproduced indented and in a serif typeface to distinguish it from the (somewhat) original material.
If this sounds familiar, it is because, in the great tradition of Herb Caen and Jon Carroll, I am recycling my ten previous Thanksgiving messages. I missed a year--maybe I was too distracted by teaching.
Once again this year we will all be in...
Bill Moyers looks at presidential decision making in time of war
There probably should be a constitutional amendment to Article II, section 1, clause 7 changing the oath to read:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully...
4 stars out of 5
I give this documentary four stars for a couple of reasons. First, it is good. Second, my wife thinks its important message needs to be spread more widely. Writer-director Robert Kenner has put together a deeply disturbing summary...
2 Stars out of 5
This CGI film is lame, but not ultra-lame. It is moderately well done--but I think we've proven now that anyone can do good CGI. The plot involves an American astronaut who lands on Planet 51--where he's the alien! And then the fun...
Tom Lasusa writes:
I'm so mad about the whole stupid 2012 crap...and now this movie which of course is only going to fuel the fires of those idiots further. I wrote a little something about it. There's clearly far more detailed commentary out...
