Movies

Like most of my friends growing up, I went to private school all the way through high school. I never got to appreciate the concept of wearing comfortable clothes to class until I got to college.

I thankfully had a very important window into life at public schools, however. For better or for worse, everything I ever learned about public education came from John Hughes movies.

Hughes died on Thursday, leaving a legacy of pop culture which extends far beyond teaching private school kids like me that sometimes you were graded in gym for very important dances and the true meaning of the Laffer Curve and voodoo economics.

Have you heard the news? I cannot believe this is happening. The world is surely getting closer to the end.

A pirated copy of the Wolverine movie has ended up on the Internet. Tragic, huh?

I hadn’t heard of this when I wrote my column a few weeks ago on “spoilers.” I think I need to re-assess my point of view if people are going beyond just talking about things and going directly to releasing them to the public early.

Who cares about the housing crisis or pirates in Africa when movies are available on the Internet before they hit the theater? Especially when they are some comic book movie. People have gone too far this time.