It is almost midnight, but I can’t sleep. I am haunted by their faces, by the thought that, thirty-two years ago, at this very hour, both Gail and Dalal were still alive.
Gail was packing her cameras, checking that she had enough film and the right lenses. She would get up early so the beach would [...]
And the Oscar Goes To…Dalal Mughrabi, PLO Terrorist
March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“The Stoning of Soraya M.” Out on DVD
March 11, 2010 By 12 Comments
Make a statement by getting the DVD that sits on Iran’s banned films list.
Collaborators in the War against the Jews: Judith Butler
March 9, 2010 By 74 Comments
Fanning the flames of anti-Semitism at Berkeley.
CPAC 2010 – Final Day
February 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The final day of CPAC 2010 (Saturday 2-20) did not disappoint. An array of conservative heavy-hitters, panel discussions and film offerings kept things interesting and conference attendees engaged. The exchange of ideas and the inherently intellectual exercise that is conservatism was fully in evidence.
Things got off to a rousing start with a short but passionate [...]
The Fate of Roger Ebert’s Legacy
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“I’m so relieved to be an elite” –tweet from Roger Ebert
Most public figures have done or said something they wish they could take back. When it comes to public intellectuals and film critics specifically, they generally pride themselves on their ability to analyze what they see. Therefore, their responses to culture should be very measured [...]
From the Writings of David Horowitz: February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I am generally a forgiving soul. If treated half-decently by my opponents I am prepared to overlook many of their indecencies because I understand they come from a place of self-righteous zeal that often overwhelms their better judgment and inspires them to be nasty and dishonest in their service of their political agendas. After all, [...]
Citizen Ebert: Roger’s Culturally Illiterate Tweets
February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As someone who was a working film critic for nearly 20 years—and, I’m pretty sure, the only Baptist to win 2 Catholic Press awards for movie reviews—I probably owe Chicago Sun Time film critic Roger Ebert (and his late partner Tribune critic Gene Siskel) a nod of tribute for popularizing such writing.
Siskel and Ebert were, [...]
The Roots of Muslim Radicalism
January 28, 2010 By 14 Comments
How does Islamic integration, or lack thereof, influence terrorism?
John Samples and Ilya Shapiro: Free Speech for All – Cato Institute
January 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
Will the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision destroy American democracy? You might think so given the responses of its critics. The Citizens United decision, far from signaling the fall of the republic, strengthens the First Amendment and freedom of speech.Let’s start with the facts of the case. Citizens United, a nonprofit political advocacy group, produced [...]
A Return to Country
The showstopper country rendition of “America the Beautiful” by The Zac Brown Band sends a message across the U.S.A.