Category Archives: Hollywood

Do Liberals Want Economic Growth?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Luke Ford

In season two episode 20 of The West Wing, the Democratic president’s liberal staff are thrilled when CBO projections lower the predicted budget surplus. “We’re the first presidential administration in history to be happy about lower economic growth,” one says … Continue reading →

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The Tree Of Life (2011)

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Luke Ford

I don’t know whether to love or to hate this 2011 movie. Because it kept my attention for every frame, I guess I have to side with love.

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The Darkness In The Soul Of Tony Scott

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Luke Ford

I suspect that at his core, Tony Scott knew what a rotten man he was and today he could handle that knowledge no more. As we say in the program, sex addiction is a terminal disease. The Daily Breeze reports: … Continue reading →

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Rachel Bloom – Singer, Comic

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Luke Ford

When I logged on to Youtube Thursday afternoon, it suggested this video by Rachel Bloom: Youtube knows that as a convert to Judaism, my intellectual interests extend beyond pure Torah to the rich and varied world of Jewish culture, including … Continue reading →

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WP: Skin is wearing thin on HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Luke Ford

My first comment on this Washington Post column is that skin never wears thin for men so long as the skin is of young, attractive and new women. As for the complaint about the lack of nude men in the … Continue reading →

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