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Netflix Spending Generously on New TV Series; Amazon and Xbox to Follow

March 11, 2013

As reported here a few weeks ago, Netflix is making a strong commitment to original programming, as an online challenge to cable giants such as HBO and Showtime. The money Netflix is spending is even more than many analysts expected, according to Variety: CAA TV literary agent Peter Micelli was forthcoming about how Netflix — and other digital media upstarts — do business with Hollywood during a panel discussion Friday at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium. He went so far as to specify how much was spent…

Kulturkampf: ‘Mozart Was a Red’

October 25, 2012

By Mike Gray

"Religion is evil, which means anti-mind, which means anti-life, which means anti-reason, which means anti-reality."

Forgotten Lore — ‘Anthem’

October 13, 2012

By Mike Gray

" 'Anthem' is essentially the future that awaits the world of 'Atlas Shrugged' if its protagonists fail in their struggle ..."

Bogus Heroes for a Jacobin Age

October 11, 2012

By Mike Gray

"In fact, it's a darned good thing for these migrant workers that their beloved union turned out to be a failure."

NYC Ban on Soft Drinks Is Now Official

September 14, 2012

By Mike Gray

"We're not taking away anybody's right to do things."

In Praise of ‘Human Action’

September 13, 2012

By Mike Gray

" 'Human Action' remains one of the great achievements in the social sciences and perhaps the single most important economic treatise of the twentieth century."

First (Naive) Reactions to Previews of Just a Few Fall TV Shows

September 4, 2012

By Mike Gray

"Conservative group One Million Moms has already come out against the show, giving it the dubious distinction of being the first network show of the season to be boycotted. We're in."

For Parents to Teach Their Children That God Created the Earth Is Tantamount to Child Abuse

September 1, 2012

By Mike Gray

For Parents to Teach Their Children That God Created the Earth Is Tantamount to Child Abuse

“You see, in evolution you have to look at that hummingbird feeding at your feeder, and assume that all of its parts have somehow come together by random, purposeless change combined with natural selection.”

“Capital Day”

August 27, 2012

By Mike Gray

"Any good economist will tell you that as complementary factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well."

The NEA — A Vestigial Appendage of “The Great Society”

August 27, 2012

By Mike Gray

"Such programs should include information on sexual abstinence, birth control, family planning, diversity of culture and diversity of sexual orientation and gender identification, sexually transmitted diseases, incest, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and homophobia."

When Maigret Goes Home, Murder Follows

August 3, 2012

By Mike Gray

"I'd hate to be the French judge tasked with determining culpability in this case; a charge of Murder One would likely never be upheld."

Honig Gets It Half-Right

August 1, 2012

By S. T. Karnick

Speaking at his organization's 10th Annual Access to Capital and Telecommunications Policy conference as reported at RBR.com, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council President David Honig called for a new Telecom Act that would give even more power to the Federal Communications Commission, and called for the commission to hasten the sale of unused spectrum for broadband suppliers. Honig's call for some deregulation is welcome, by contrast, but why stop there? S. T. Karnick asks.

The Cult of the Shmoo Has Infiltrated the Highest Levels of Government

July 27, 2012

By Mike Gray

The Cult of the Shmoo Has Infiltrated the Highest Levels of Government

"Shmoos," he warned, "is the greatest menace to hoomanity th' world has evah known."

“Theory Kings”: How Burke and Hegel Were on the Same Page at Least Once

July 14, 2012

By Mike Gray

“Theory Kings”: How Burke and Hegel Were on the Same Page at Least Once

"The group-think of credentialed experts in large establishments tends to stifle creative and independent thinking. Those who question the experts are shamed into silence. If you don't think so, try contradicting an expert some time."

For Want of an Adverb — Could One Word Have Prevented the Passage of ObamaCare (Not to Mention 99 Percent of All the Laws Imposed on Americans Since the Founding of the Republic)?

June 29, 2012

By Mike Gray

For Want of an Adverb — Could One Word Have Prevented the Passage of ObamaCare (Not to Mention 99 Percent of All the Laws Imposed on Americans Since the Founding of the Republic)?

"Proponents of the Constitution defended the deletion of ‘expressly’ through to the passage of the Tenth Amendment."

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Web

Netflix Spending Generously on New TV Series; Amazon and Xbox to Follow

Kulturkampf: ‘Mozart Was a Red’

Forgotten Lore — ‘Anthem’

Bogus Heroes for a Jacobin Age

NYC Ban on Soft Drinks Is Now Official

In Praise of ‘Human Action’

First (Naive) Reactions to Previews of Just a Few Fall TV Shows

For Parents to Teach Their Children That God Created the Earth Is Tantamount to Child Abuse

“Capital Day”

The NEA — A Vestigial Appendage of “The Great Society”

When Maigret Goes Home, Murder Follows

Honig Gets It Half-Right

The Cult of the Shmoo Has Infiltrated the Highest Levels of Government

“Theory Kings”: How Burke and Hegel Were on the Same Page at Least Once

For Want of an Adverb — Could One Word Have Prevented the Passage of ObamaCare (Not to Mention 99 Percent of All the Laws Imposed on Americans Since the Founding of the Republic)?

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