women fighters in reasonable armor (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Walter Cronkite
question of the day: Who should be our most trusted newsperson, if not Jon Stewart?
A Time magazine poll this week asked “Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America’s most trusted newscaster?” The results: Jon Stewart: 44% Brian Williams: 29% Charlie Gibson: 19% Katie Couric: 7% What scares me more than the fact that the state of journalism is so pathetic these days that court jester Jon … more…
Apollo 13 (review)
Despite the fact that we all know how the story ends, director Ron Howard manages to make Apollo 13 not only riveting but suspenseful as well. Howard’s attention to detail goes above and beyond the call of duty.
All Quiet on the Western Front (review)
From a contemporary point of view, All Quiet on the Western Front is more ironic than its makers could have intended. Its audience is now as toughened as Paul became, mostly because his War to End All Wars didn’t.
