Good to know my local indie paper is doing Texas proud (of course, I don't read the Observer...this was drawn to my attention via Andrew Sullivan. Here's a passage from a review of the latest Harry Potter movie:

The legacy of Harry Potter in popular culture remains to be seen - those who'd burn the books as demonic are encouraged to get library cards pronto - but at present, despite its sophomoric awkwardness, the film of Chamber of Secrets is a welcome delivery of childlike wonder for a planet of ever-increasing ugliness. We've accidentally allowed a retarded monkey to rule America, but otherwise it's not such a whimsical place. Perhaps works like this can help set that to rights.

"Retarded monkey"? What the hell is this doing in a review of a children's movie?