Lance Arthur describes what he learned from Spider Man 2.#

Who, tell me, please, Hollywood, was in charge of Kirsten Dunst's hair? I mean, I could not not look at it. In any scene where she appeared, my eyes were instantly drawn to that rat's nest of fly-away tangles on top of her noggin! She looked like a witch.

To be fair, when she was wet, she looked like a drowned rat. And this was actually the best that she looked in the whole film.

And the best comment ever: "I'm Hamsterman, baby! Fear my chittering wrath!"

Thomas DiLorenzo on the virtues of Grover Cleveland.#

Grover Cleveland was a principled classical liberal. But even while serving as president, his own Democratic Party was deserting him as the forces of statism and unlimited democracy, unleashed by the death of states' rights in 1865, were beginning to dominate American politics. He was the last American president in the Jefferson/Andrew Jackson/John Tyler tradition, and the last good Democrat to serve in that office. For the most part, his successors (in both parties) have ranged from pathetic panderers to dangerous, megalomaniacal warmongers, or both.

The Movie Blog brings attention to Pauly Shore Is Dead. Fine family fun!#

Philip Greenspun is listening to Bill Clinton's autobiography: "If you want to learn about government, foreign policy, management, etc. the book is useless. If, on the other hand, you're exasperated at the mediocrity of our current President, this book is a nice reminder that George W. has no monopoly on mediocrity."#

Russell Beattie explains why bull-fighting sucks. Good to know.#

Don Boudreaux is a fine translator... click to read what he translated.#

Keep Your Jesus Off My Penis#

I completely agree with Richard and Dave Pollard that success should be illegal.#