Plasma Pool

Anti-American Racism

Kevin Hilke — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:18:28 +0000

Psychological ignoramus Dorothy Rabinowitz claims that the “terrorist motive” in the Ft. Hood shootings is “obvious to everyone.” Well, everyone comfortable with accusation rooted in fanciful speculation, anyway. Rabinowitz has neither expertise nor facts, just a steadfast determination to fit info tidbits into her racist worldview.

Unevenly Spaced Spasms

Kevin Hilke — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:04:41 +0000

Nabokov’s final work, recently serialized in Playboy—called TOOL by the man himself—is, like Lolita, about the magic and melancholy of nymphets, though these new nymphets bear surprises between their legs. Michael Maar on The Original of Laura, in which Thanatos pins Eros to the mat only to be wooed.

Miss Katie Sits at the Cool Table

Eric Freeman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:47:44 +0000

Everyone remembers Sarah Palin’s disastrous interview with Katie Couric last fall. Now, Palin says she only agreed to do it because she heard Couric had low self-esteem.

Project Mayhem

Eric Freeman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:40:04 +0000

Paul Cullum speaks with David Fincher about Fight Club in advance of its BluRay release. Despite complaining about people who didn’t get the movie, Cullum doesn’t seem to get it all right, either.

On the Doorstep

Eric Freeman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:35:39 +0000

Avi “Shoefly” Korine breaks down this weekend’s big fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto: “Cotto is a terrific champion and a great fighter. … But he doesn’t have the unfettered exuberance, the wild thrill of being alive and dangerous and without a care in the world. That is Pacquiao’s gift to us, a rare glimpse of humanity at the very edge.”