James Wolcott
jwolcott.bsky.social
James Wolcott
@jwolcott.bsky.social
Writer still in quest of the perfect keyboard
This will not prevent me in the future from divulging what those in the investigative journalism trade like to call “inside poop,” even if I have to conjure it out of thin air.
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It doesn't help that Tom Suozzi's reply was so Beltway-lame.
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In fairness, the terribleness of MATERIALISTS can't be pinned on her.
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I may have to abandon it and wait for season five of ASTRID.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's definitely a White Woman Knows Best attitude in ep 2 that may be subverted later but left an acrid aftertaste.
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hate to bust your dream but fellow Village Voice vet Tom Carson did a Gilligan's mashup in the novel GILLIGAN'S WAKE.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The fact that PLURIBUS has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes indicates that mind-melding reviewers would be redundant; they've already Borg'd.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
He gargles before every bout of throat clearing to add extra volume.
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When a some journalistic oracle (veteran hack) intones, "Rest assured...," I am less assured than ever. I am, in fact, the opposite of assured, instead Highly Suspicious.
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM