The U.S. is strongly opposed to torture, right?

Wrong

Ebay and toy trends

Hot Toys

Today's required reading:

Childhood Toys

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Geeks!

The Reinvention of Star Trek: From Cerebral Cult Phenomenon to Mass Culture T&A
Star Trek, Inc.

Is She Skater Punk or Not: The Debate Surrounding Avril Lavigne

The anti-Britney
Avril the Annoyance

Parents come to the rescue of college students!

Complaining Parents

Hollywood and Post 9/11 Propaganda

As I understand the concept, propaganda is a campaign of mass persuasion by which ideas, facts, or allegations are spread deliberately to further or oppose a cause.

Quiet Censorship in Hollywood

ABC's The Bachelor: Young women embrace post-feminist patriarchy.

The Return of SPAM!

Looks like Marvel Comics is delving into some new territory. This will definitely be added to my monthly comic list.

The New Rawhide Kid

Wraiths and Race

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Bush Administration, in association with the other Bush administration, presents:

Clone of the Attack!

Very scary:

Youth Fail Geography

If done well, this could be a great series. If not done well, we could have another Star Wars Christmas Special or The Ewoks on our hands--I feel a great disturbance in the Force.

Clone Wars Animated Series

Interview with controversial filmmaker Michael Moore:

Moore

French brothers dupe peer-reviewed journal:

Duped

Harry Potter: Pampered Jock, Patsy, Fraud!

HP

At least someone acknowledges the frustrations of adjunct faculty:

Adjunct

Great New Yorker article about the Bond franchise.

Bond. James Bond.

From favorite to least favorite, here's how I rank the actors who have played Bond: Connery, Brosnan, Dalton, Lazenby, Moore.