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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The virtue of limited government

December 30, 2014 Family Unit , Libertarianism 0 Comments
'Tis The Season For Politics To Make Us Worse

Trevor Burrus, Dec. 25, 2014, Reason

Welcome to an American holiday tradition. Apple pie now comes with a side of political yelling, especially after a few glasses of eggnog.

The problem, of course, is that “they” don’t get it. How could they? Mom and Dad’s brains might as well be directly hooked to Fox News like the humans in the Matrix. The children’s “progressive” universities are as hermetically sealed off from reality as North Korea.

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Much ado about a mediocre comedy

December 30, 2014 Anthony L. Fisher , Comedy Satire 0 Comments
The Interview: Political Satire Has Rarely Ever Been So 'Meh'

Anthony L. Fisher, Dec. 26, 2014, Reason

As political satire, it's toothless and aimless. The Interview never promises you it's going to be Dr. Strangelove, but I guess I was hoping Rogen would satirize Stalinist totalitarianism with the same rapier wit he used to goof on himself and his self-important Hollywood friends in last year's hit This Is the End.

That said, this uneven film with fewer laughs than the average South Park episode is now a cultural touchstone because of a still unfolding political soap opera whose ending has not yet been written.

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