I didn't imagine Mark Wahlberg's The Fighter would be so funny. A great cast including Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo and many others. Jamming soundtrack too!

I really, really liked The Fighter, The Social Network and True Grit. King's Speech was good also. As Daniel Davies wrote, The Black Swan was nothing like the book.

Battle Is Set as Verizon Adds iPhone by Jenna Wortham

Should I Buy a Verizon iPhone? by Farhad Manjoo

Insanely Savvy: Why Verizon's decision to pass on the iPhone six years ago is looking better and better by Annie Lowrey

The Politicized Mind by David Brooks

Good piece by Brooks but I would just say that Brooks's championing of the establisment's program of "socialism for the rich, austerity for the rest" falls very hard on the seriously mentally ill and their families. He should take a serious look at that and his deficit hawkery.

Reflections on Political Violence by Hitchens