I recently started a rewatch as well, and my reaction was pretty much opposite to what you describe. Those movies take me back to a happier time, and for that reason alone, I can overlook some of their minor failings.

There's a reason I periodically re-read Old Man's War.

This is so great! I wish I could see you all rock in AZ.

BTW, today Tongue Tied popped into my shuffle and took me back. The only pop-punk song I'm aware of with the word "macroeconomics." :D

Please tell me this is satire. My mind is in too fragile a state right now to read the article to find out.

And they’ll grant them to the funding-hungry, comply-in-advance weaklings happy to create “studies” to prove that, as Darren Beattie, new State Department public diplomacy and public affairs secretary, wrote last October: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”

Dust. Wind. Dude.

Karma, baby.