SHORTER JIM LILEKS: Those damned artists never talk about anything important, like the twin menace of Islamofascism and bad living-room decor.

UPDATE. Apparently it's also unseemly to attack Intelligent Design unless you condemn Islamofascism at the same time. Maybe we should pass a law that every new book, movie, play, etc. must include the words "Islamofascism delenda est," preferably as an acrostic.

The real joke is that both these guys are writers, but they want someone else to create their War on Terror epics for them. What's stopping them? I would pay good money to see Lileks' "Babes in Baghdad" at a theatre near me.