Screen adaptations of contemporaneous political events seem to be all the rage these days. First there was United 93, the movie that documented the 9/11 plane that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania rather than its desired Pentagon target. Then there was W, which chronicled the presidency of the widely loathed former president while he was still in office. I never saw either of these films for the following reasons: A. I am currently alive, which means that I am witnessing or have witnessed these events within the past 10 years. Not only am I alive, but I don’t have amnesia and therefore need no reminder of 9/11 (that’s what the American flag bumper stickers on soccer mom vans are for!) or George W. Bush’s antics (I repeat: he was still in office during the movie’s production.) B. Why would I want to watch the deaths of innocent people or relive the destructive decisions of the former president? C. I heard mixed reviews of the first film and a unanimous panning of W....

If you're reading this, you're probably alive. And so is Ology! And maybe that's the best thing we can say of 2008--it didn't kill us all. Here are some of the things that struck us, your faithful Ologists, as highs and lows in the year that was 2008, along with the mumbled obscenities that pass for our commentary on them. If you like what you read, join us! Then go out with your friends and get hammered! Not necessarily in that order! 2008 Superlatives   Most Scared-Shitless Newly-minted President-Elect: Barack Obama. Why isn't this man smiling? Oh, right. He's just been given the shittiest job in the country.--Foster Celebrity We'll most miss: George Carlin It was the day before my twenty second birthday this summer when I opened up my computer to the grim news of comedian George Carlin's death at age 71. (Happy fucking birthday, Max!) I use the word "death" because that's the word Carlin, a lifelong opponent of the euphemism, would have used -- not "passed...

Vanity Fair has done it again!

In the wake of last week’s financial meltdown, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been calling for more regulation and criticizing lax oversight of Wall Street, despite the fact that he and former senator Phil Gramm passed much of the deregulatory reforms that led to the current crisis. Interviewed on CBS today, however, McCain said he does not “regret” championing the deregulation of Wall Street: Q: In 1999, you were one of the senators who helped pass deregulation of Wall Street. Do you regret that now? McCAIN: No. I think the deregulation was probably helpful to the growth of our economy. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/21/mccain-deregulation/