The Oscar nominations

a mammoth billboard couldn't save Glinda, and other thoughts on this morning's announcement.

When I was driving to Southern California from the Bay Area two weeks ago, I was routed along Highway 101 for the first time in maybe fifteen years. Even though reaching Los Angeles on 101 takes two more hours than the straight-shot Interstate 5, it is so much richer in detail, so much more representative of a populous California—while also exhibiting t…