question of the weekend: Does a counterculture exist anymore, and if not, what can we do to get it back?

Obviously there are plenty of individuals who believe that the war in Iraq is illegal and who value integrity and principle. But there doesn’t seem to be anything unifying those people into action… and the results of this past Tuesday’s elections in the U.S. appear to suggest that the American public, in the aggregate, is dedicated to repudiating anything that could be called “counterculture,” or “liberal,” or “progressive”…

tres cool: Justin Long is a nice guy

Critic writes mean things about actor. Actor reads those mean things aloud on a talk show. Mortified critic posts insightful, soul-searching essay to the Web about why being mean is part of the job. Actor responds in comments, nicely and politely…

Due Date (review)

Welcome to the ritual humiliation of Robert Downey Jr. Gotta wonder if the dude simply is a masochist who enjoys looking deeply embarrassed onscreen or if someone has some serious dirt on him — worse than the stuff we already know about him, that is. Or maybe he’s just a whore who will do anything for the $12 million he reportedly received for this film…