• The transcript of a live chat with Roger Ebert from earlier today. Those interested in what he thought of movies released during his absence will find some answers.

    Ben:
    what was your opinion of Children Of Men? It was my favorite movie of 2006, and I’m wondering if you got a chance to see it.

    Roger Ebert:
    yes, I’ve seen it. I’m gradually going back and picking up some of the movies I missed, and I have a feeling it might be a Great Movie on my website

    Too bad he didn’t answer my question about Snakes on a Plane.

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    8/2/2007

  • Scientology: not a cult? I agree with parts of this article, especially the implications of this quote:

    Religions appear strange in inverse proportion to their age.

    But I’m not convinced that Scientology isn’t primarily a money-making scheme, at least among those at the highest levels.

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    7/31/2007

  • Governor Jim Gibbons has stated that he would sign a bill banning brothels in Nevada if it came across his desk. The earliest that that could happen is in two years, at the next legislative session, but I give legal brothels in Nevada more time than that – maybe another 10-15 years.

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    7/26/2007

  • Errol Morris has a new blog about photography, although it could disappear behind the New York Times pay wall at any moment.

    Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but there are two words that you can never apply to them: “true” and “false.”

    His upcoming Abu Ghraib project will likely deal with the meaning of photography.

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    7/25/2007

  • Following up a post from two weeks ago from the Democratic side, here’s a speculative shortlist of who would might be nominated next for the Supreme Court if a Republican candidate wins the presidency in 2008.

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    7/23/2007

  • Edward Lazarus on the possible effects of the 2008 election on the Supreme Court. If a Republican wins the 2008 election, the Supreme Court will likely shift greatly to the right; if a Democrat wins, expect the status quo for at least another ten years (barring any surprise deaths).

    Conservative voters who are tempted to vote for a moderate Democrat, yet fear that the Supreme Court will veer left as a result, have no reason to worry. Conversely, liberal voters who are tempted to vote for a moderate Republican should know that if such a candidate wins, the Supreme Court may well veer sharply rightward.

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    7/20/2007

Checkers has been solved

Checkers has been mathematically solved -- indeed it’s the largest game that has been solved so far.

(16) comments | Thu, 07/19/2007 - 5:00am

In The Narrows

This past weekend, I did the up-and-back-down version of the famous Narrows hike in Zion National Park. It was physically exhausting, since the hike involves nearly constant wading up a swift river with depths varying from shin- to thigh-high, but also immensely rewarding – especially where the river was wall-to-wall and 30 feet wide, with vertical walls towering 1500 feet above. The temperature reached over 105 degrees that day, but in the canyon it was cool and comfortable.

(10) comments | Tue, 07/17/2007 - 5:00am

  • This Podcast Sucks -- the weekly musings of crazymonk.org commenter jbg. Topics include: hating Alex Trebek, living in Boston, and ranting. It gets funnier by the week.

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    7/13/2007
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