NO MORAL AMBIGUITY. From Atlantic Blog, a reminiscence from Mike Royko that nails the allure of John Wayne movies, and a list of favorite movies. (That's a list you'd be unlikely to see here ... I am the despair of my colleagues when it comes to the talkies, they'll name a picture, my reaction will be "dunno," they'll name the performers (as if that helps) ... and when it comes to railroad themed movies, Silver Streak involves a Burlington Zephyr delivering an iron lung, no Gene Wilder seducing Jill Clayburgh, no Canadian Pacific signal gantry bending when a bad guy bumps into it.