John Quiggin - The Repubs won’t Douthat (crosspost from Crooked Timber)
This Quiggin post is of interest because he again notes the movement ("defection") of several formerly Republican intellectuals to the left in the US, and predicts that Douthat may have to do the same if he is intellectually honest.
Sounds plausible.
But also - Steven Spielberg as a Democrat funder gets mentioned in comments a couple of times. Seems some people think he would oppose tax increases on the top 20% percent, but how dare they pre judge him on that!
In other Spielberg observations (by me): I have been meaning to note for some time that 2013 was kind of depressing on the upcoming movie front because no one knows what Spielberg will next direct. It seems he has been uncommitted to anything for about a year now, and I have no idea what he has been doing with himself.
I suppose he's entitled to a break, but please, Steven, come back! I have a few ideas if you are short of them.
(Update: In other Spielbergian news, I noticed somewhere recently that Poltergeist is to be remade. Why? In a sign of the bankruptcy of novel ideas in Hollywood, it seems a hell of a lot of 1980's films are now slated for remake. None of them as good as Poltergeist, though.)
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