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As though part-ownership by the unions -- i.e. the workers -- is a bad thing. Presumably because those $2000 of healthcare for workers 'baked' into every car will stay there. Healthcare and pensions for the workers? Tyranny!

Preferring the more western-influenced, psychedlic/funk/disco numbers to be honest.

Roshman, that video (and song) is fantastic. Swinging. Rich, thanks again, as always. Babla is kind of European disco trash trapped on loop on the Darjeeling Limited. I like it, even the Kraftwerk-y vocals. But the beat and bleeps are fucking terrible! And the Herbie Hancock rip-off is indeed...

So I've been enjoying (a ridiculous amount) The Sound of Wonder, the Sitar Beat compilation, and the songs of Kalyanji Anandji (Dharmatma Theme in particular). Does anyone have any suggestions for great Bollywood and related artists or compilations of similar greatness?

I find Andrew Napolitano the most reasonable and intelligent person on the American right. The clip you posted could easily be a speech by a member of the Occupy movement or the Chomskyite left, in noting the conspiracy of two-party politics and the lack of choice for voters. The best political...

IT'S HERE! http://www.substance.tv/#/magazine/subcast/102/thank-god-for-mental-illness Thanks to whoever suggested the Groundhogs, hadn't heard that one before.

Glenn Beck lost all credibility with even the GOP and Fox stalwarts long ago. I'm not sure what it was exactly that finally convinced people who didn't already believe it that he was a total nutjob. Maybe it was the whole Obama is a racist who hates white people led to advertisers pulling out...

Longer platforms and trains would increase the capacity for way less money and wouldn't carve up the countryside. The high speed option may be a red herring, but you can bet they will charge a premium to travel on it. I'd be interested to hear if there are any plans to cap rail prices...

Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett. There are Jonathan Franzen-style didactics at work, but it's pretty well handled mainly due to Haslett's terrific ear for dialogue. I'd wholeheartedly recommend his collection of short stories, You Are Not A Stranger Here, which is a series of bleakly...

In what must be one of the best, albeit doomed, campaign ads of all time, Norris made an appearance in 2008 to support Mike Huckabee for president: "My plan to secure the border? Two words: Chuck Norris."

a) I'm not a primary school teacher b) Nor am I trying to sell you something. If you've interpreted my words to mean that, I can't help it. I guess you're free to attach your own original definitions to language. If using an Internet forum to solicit other people's opinion rather than to just...

So are we for or against online piracy? While I appreciate being able to watch and listen to copyrighted material for free online, is it ethical to do so? What are people's thoughts outside of their own self interest?

The scene where we find out about the coffin is amazing. Also, Tarantino took the idea for his ear-amputation scene from a similar one in Django. In terms of Spaghetti westerns (or Paella or whatever), For A Few Dollars More gets my vote.

Great debate about this with Jon Stewart and Jim DeMint (R - South Carolina) http://www.putlocker.com/file/B7AAB16D6AC8437A#

But part of the US being the 'greatest country on earth' is the notion that it's a federal state. Part of the appeal is that states have a level of autonomy to decide their own affairs, but are protected by the umbrella of the federal government mostly for national security reasons. The reason...

I agree with your argument mostly (since it's one that I often make). But I don't agree that higher levels of government always work better than local govs. Is the EU, for example, a preferable form of government than national governments? Would you sooner our healthcare be run by the EU? And is...

Also, Stewart made the point to Napolitano that we have often pondered: Why is state government inherently less tyrannical than federal government? And Napolitano gave a pretty good answer: Well, he said, the states would still have to adhere to the Bill of Rights. And there would still be...

If you haven't already seen it, this week's Daily Show Global Edition on 4OD is fantastic on the subject of the primaries.

So FIFA has demanded that beer is sold at all games in the Brazilian World Cup, but chooses a country -- Qatar -- where alcohol is illegal to host the next one. Although 'chooses' may be a misleading term. 'was bribed into choosing' is probably more accurate.

A caucus isn't even a proper election, so it certainly doesn't bode well for the real thing in November. But the gerrymandering that has taken place in recent years, with Republicans enacting laws at state level to make it harder for minorities to vote, means if the election is close, we're...