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I never thought I’d be excited about any award show, let alone the documentary film category. It’s not that I don’t find documentaries compelling, informative and often entertaining, but I’m never intensely invested in the attention any film gets. That changed last night when the Academy honored Vice President Al Gore’s film, […]

“Freedom of speech is fine, as long as you don’t do it in public.” That’s a little irony offered up in the new release by the Dixie Chicks, Shut Up & Sing. Some of their former fans have suggested that’s the way America should operate. Big mistake. And so today, this blog […]

As Congress debates the new Iraq resolution, two things are apparent to me: the resolution doesn’t do enough; and just the same; it has to be passed.
It’s a no-win situation for Congress which has only the purse strings as a bargaining chip. If they cut funding, they sacrifice the troops that are there but […]

Rudy Giuliani wants to be like President Bush. He wants to be a decider. In a recent article in the LA Times, Giuliani applauded President Bush’s demeanor throughout his Presidency and in particular with respect to the Iraq invasion. Interesting.
The problem with celebrating a man’s decisiveness is that you shift focus away […]

How do you fund the war on terror? Get a turncoat, bootlicking Democrat, Joe Lieberman, to propose a “war on terrorism tax.” Obviously no Republican can propose a new tax, and of course, the money for this trillion-dollar Middle East occupation has to come from somewhere. So why not tax the […]