(WARNING LOST SPOILERS!!!) I can relate to John Locke. Also, he’s a Christ Figure:  John Locke is Lost’s man of faith. But he’s not, really, not entirely. He certainly has faith, in the Island, in the unexplained, but he also has doubt; his faith is constantly shaken and never as absolute as he wants it to be. When he goes to persuade Jack that he needs to go back to the Island, you can see in his searching popeyes that... Read more

The United States Senate passed a bill to add two voting members to the U.S. House. The vote is specifically intended to give the DC area a voting member which it has never had. There is a problem with the bill that this article notes:  it is unconstitutional. Representatives are reserved for the states. Washington, DC is not a state. It is not a state by careful choice of our nation’s Founders, who desired the location of the nation’s capital... Read more

Well here’s something I never thought I’d see: JohnMcCain is twittering. Like, HE is. For real. Not his staff. But him. Read more

Everything is Amazing, But Nobody is Happy!. Read more

We recently changed the rating system to a more binary alternative and reset everything to zero. What this means is the highest rated list at the bottom of this site is somewhat wacky. It would be really awesome if you could come up with about 5 posts that stick out in your mind as super-awesome, look them up via the search bar, and click on the heart near the bottom of the post. This is a good way not only... Read more

TV Viewing Breaks Records: “Nielsen reports in today’s LA Times that the average American now watches more than 151 hours of TV a month.  That’s about 5 hours a day and an all time high – up 3.6% from last year.” (HT: Collide Magazine) Read more

My Top 5 Most Disturbing Box Office Successes of 2008 1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua – I died a little inside just typing that. 2. Mama Mia – It’s the gift that you can’t take back and just keeps on giving, with lyrics at the bottom of the screen so everyone can sing along, and with a top-selling soundtrack, and with a lead who sings like a water buffalo (I have to admit, I’m pretty sure I stole the water buffalo... Read more

The Baehr is Back, Baby! The Moviegoings blog points out that Movieguide’s “Report to the Industry” (addressed extensively by Alan last year) is featured in the Wall Street Journal this year. Woe are we: the Movieguide approach (and response to those who disagree) makes me see red (Communism!) precisely because it lowers the entire discourse of Christian film criticism. I happen to believe that Christian critics, like the group associated with CTMovies, are among the best and most thoughtful in... Read more

Microsoft banned a girl from Xbox Live because she indicated in her profile that she was a lesbian: Microsoft has gone on record in the past about its policy, saying that it’s not limited to Gamertags of homosexual nature. “Yes ‘TheStraighterGamer’ or ‘TheHeterosexualgamer’ would have gotten the same treatment and would have been found to be in violation and forced to be changed,” wrote Microsoft reps following previous incidents. via Xbox Live: Xbox Live Sadly No Place For Lesbian Gamers.... Read more