Greg Machlin

Underworld by Don DeLillo is a fun read; it doesn't belong on this list. Atlas Shrugged could be 200 pages when it's over 1,000, which makes it frustrating, but not a "challenge." Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose is another one that's fun to read and straightforward (granted I needed… Read More

I feel like there's a fundamental misunderstanding underlying this article. I'm a liberal. I've written seven full-length plays, four feature scripts, two pilots, five TV spec scripts, one webseries, and numerous short things. Of those, exactly one was overtly political,… Read More

This is weird and terrifying. No less than Karl Rove was allowed to change his statement about a far more severe case--made *under oath*--four times. McTiernan was not sworn in, the interview was over the phone, and if the statements about jet lag and medication are true, not fully… Read More