Given that class rules everything around me, I knew that Downton Abbey would be like a drug, and I watched the first series last spring in one sitting. While upstairs/downstairs plots always fascinate me for obvious reasons, Downton Abbey had the added appeal of presenting us a family in decline as aristocratic privilege gives way [...]
Holy smokes was I not surprised by the decision this week by the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC. I was always suspicious of the argument that “money is not speech, it’s property,” though I repeated it several times. I agree with Bryan, in that I can’t really imagine that a pesky little thing [...]
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[Updated] Personally, and I think I’m not so different from most people who say things like “The Wire is the best show in television history,” I came to it rather late—only starting the first season on dvd as the fourth season wrapped up on HBO. Needless to say, I was completely caught up (having watched [...]