Three good books:
-Middlesex: An american epic centered around an intersexed person
-Series of Unfortunate Events: Dark childrens' series; the recent movie starred Jim Carrey
-The Speed of Dark: Near future science fiction about an autistic man and an experimental cure for autism
Two good movies:
-Shaun of the Dead: Best. Zombie movie. Ever.
-I Heart Huckabee's: Existential detectives solve the case
And an essay:
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Red Family, Blue Family: Doug Muder summarizes the debate about why conservatives and liberals think the way they do, then chimes in with another way of looking at things.