Commentaries

Trump won the election and seeing the Democrat and globalist meltdowns over it is quite funny. But, as they said in South Park, the most important thing after a disaster is finding out whose fault it is. Aside from the near-universal stubbornness of every mainstream news network besides Fox to call the election after it … Read more

I meant to finish this post a few days ago but was depressed so I didn’t. Anyway, American conservatives are brimming over with confidence and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Yes, the betting odds are currently in Trump’s favor but since when were markets a good predictor of politics? If … Read more

Today the New York Times published a grim description of Ukraine’s prospects on the Donbass front. It is worth reading in full. My biggest takeaway from this is how bluntly the NYT says things that just two years ago were loudly and universally dismissed as “Russian disinformation.” The opening paragraph sums things up pretty well: … Read more

Seldom is a sequel widely recognized as superior to its predecessor, with most follow-ups struggling to recapture the relevance or dynamism of the original. There are exceptions—Aliens comes to mind. But they are few and far between. As often as not, a sequel is a shameless and hamfisted cash grab, with remakes typically no better. Yet … Read more

Thanks to a recommendation from one of my readers on Quora, I became aware of this 1996 Serbian movie about the Bosnian War a few days ago. It might not be the best movie about civil war, but it’s probably the best I’ve seen. Pretty Village, Pretty Flame, directed by Srđan Dragojević, is about childhood … Read more