October 3, 2008
Is Ignorant Dogmatism Possible? I'm Afraid So.
October 3, 2008
The Lamps Are Going Out
October 3, 2008
What If the Median Voter Were a Failing Student?
October 3, 2008
Credit Default Swaps
October 3, 2008
How Government Used Fannie and Freddie
October 2, 2008
The International Angle
October 2, 2008
Cochrane and Rogoff on the PBS News Hour
October 2, 2008
Henry Waxman's Hearings
October 2, 2008
Economists' Bipartisan Bailout Opposition
Is it Wings of Desire boring?
Bryan: There is a big difference between The Flight of the Red Balloon and the original film The Red Balloon. Have you seen the original?
Franklin: I loved Wings of Desire as well as City of Angels. Of course, a large part of that is the fact that I run an In Nomine game.
Rule of thumb: anything described as "achingly beautiful" usually sucks in a slow, pretentious way.
If you remember the original 1956 version, here is
the sequel .