The Politics of Star Wars

Leave it to me to start a thread about the latest low-brow blockbuster movie. But I saw "SW: Revenge of the Sith" last night and the parallels to the Age of Dubya are unmistakable. The Talent Show has a good thorough take on the subject.

The first half of Jeff Shalit's excellent article on the New Life Church of Colorado Springs in the May 2005 issue of Harper's. Read it.

Reading 'Lolita' in Tallahassee

Fine local opinion piece from the Tallahassee Democrat, 1 May 2005.