Back-Pew Hero Worship

Posted on December 12, 2012 by metrospirit

Guard-changing, liberal America and closure If any high-profile members of the GOP attended or watched the myriad of combat sporting events from this past weekend — Mitt and Ann Romney were actually ringside at the Pacquiao-Marquez fight, for some reason…

The Four Best Albums of 2012

Posted on December 6, 2012 by metrospirit

(that I barely listened to) I don’t have a lot of time on my hands these days. Neither do many other people, though, which is why we constantly feel like we’re missing out on fun stuff. And it’s a frustratingly…

Two People I’m Not Going to Think About Any More (Until the New Year)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by metrospirit

As you could probably tell from last week’s overwrought, first-year-grad-student diatribe, I’m a little burned out on politics. The nationwide zeitgeist is not only a rapidly evolving one — something this last election substantially bolstered — but one that is…

“Skyfall” and “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”

Posted on November 21, 2012 by metrospirit

What Two Very Different Movies Taught Me About Obsession Warning: Extremely spoiler-y spoilers below. Early on, I thought seriously about using the word “passion” instead of “obsession” for this column. The former, though, appeals too blatantly, too on-the-nosedly to our…

Election 2012

Posted on November 14, 2012 by metrospirit

Four Takeaways I don’t have time to be cute, and neither do you. Let’s get to it. 1. The Media Was Wrong. I love that conservatives of all stripes flail away at the “liberal media” golem like it’s a Batman…

The Wasteland

Posted on November 7, 2012 by metrospirit

Why living in a swing state sucks I’m sitting in my living room, a space mostly dark, and lit solely by the dim, nearly sepia spotlights lording over the breakfast nook. The fact that they illuminate a five foot tall,…

Your Republican Party

Posted on November 2, 2012 by metrospirit

Courting the Rapist Vote Seeing as how this is my final pre-election column and courting undecided voters — a demographic, I’m convinced, largely fabricated for the convenience of 24-hour news networks — is an increasingly Sisyphian endeavor, I’m pretty much…

Justified

Posted on October 25, 2012 by metrospirit

Democrats come back; Republicans blames everyone they can think of What a difference a few weeks can make — or a single night, for that matter. Heading into their first debate, Obama was riding high on the strength of double-digit…

We Interrupt Your Locally Scheduled Programming

Posted on October 18, 2012 by metrospirit

A much-needed election break to talk about really good (and bad) horror movies As I’ve pointed out before, the timing of the Metro Spirit’s street date can create some problems for the content of this column. My deadline is somewhere…

Three Extremes

Posted on October 11, 2012 by metrospirit

A post-debate analysis Coming off, as we are, the first presidential debate, picking a topic for this week’s column was a quintessential “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” dilemma. On the one hand, I’m getting really, really tired…