Marc Comtois
G.I. Joe–“A Real American Hero”–is now based in Brussels. That’s what Hasbro and Paramount have decided as they seek to bring a new GI Joe movie to the big screen. (h/t) Who needs A Real American Hero? Not Paramount or Hasbro it seems. The studio’s live-action feature film version of G.I. Joe will no longer…
Julia Steiny wrote in the ProJo on Sunday: Over the course of this summer, I studied a whole range of troubled kids. Instead of seeing them from the outside as the upsetting little pains-in-the-tush they are, I tried to get a glimpse of their lives. I met kids recovering from sexual abuse, neglect, violence, drug…
Justin, I understand your argument and I may have appeared to have crossed back and forth over a line, so the lack of nuance is my fault. My initial post and response weren’t an either/or, but an elaboration that one’s perspective of “generic stranger” changes over time. And I do think this is a fairly…
The ProJo reports that teacher benefits in RI are “all over the board” and gives some stats in the differences among plans by district and differences in buyback options. It’s an old and familiar tune around here, but the central point is worth repeating: Last year, after a decade in which health insurance emerged as…
Justin, in your response to my “confession,” you wrote that: the price of your peace of mind is not paid by you, but by your children: in the effects of a personal and cultural mindset that requires even daddy to be lumped with predators. Well, as for the personal, my kids certainly don’t lump me…
Jeff Zaslow (h/t): Are we teaching children that men are out to hurt them? The answer, on many fronts, is yes. Child advocate John Walsh advises parents to never hire a male babysitter. Airlines are placing unaccompanied minors with female passengers rather than male passengers. Soccer leagues are telling male coaches not to touch players.…
On Sunday, the NY Times published and op-ed by 7 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne in which they explained their reservations about the way the War in Iraq is going. An excerpt: Four years into our occupation, we have failed on every promise, while we have substituted Baath Party tyranny with a tyranny of Islamist,…
What to make of this? Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year’s election, warning that it could boost the GOP’s efforts to hold on to the White House. Discussing the possibility of a new nightmare assault while campaigning in New Hampshire, Clinton also insisted she is the…
I recently caught a C-SPAN Q&A with Janks Morton, Jr., who was promoting his new film, What Black Men Think. It attempts to dig into some of the problems–both cause and affect–facing African-Americans today. According to his website: Since the triumphs of the civil rights legislations of the early 1960′s havoc and decimation has been…
According to Newsweek: In September 2006, during a famous encounter with Fox News anchor Wallace, Clinton erupted in anger and waived his finger when asked about whether his administration had done enough to get bin Laden. “What did I do? What did I do?” Clinton said at one point. “I worked hard to try to…