Just over twelve years ago, Rudy Giuliani’s thin frame hung over Madison Square Garden. In 1994 he had combed over hair and often wore glasses. He wasn’t “America’s Mayor.” He...
The release this fall of Hollywoodland and The Black Dahlia signaled the fedora-laden return of retro noir, a sub-genre of film noir that has only had occasional success over the years, most notably with Chinatown (1974)...
For Jim McGreevey, the truth was always whatever he could get away with. That is, until he appointed a former lover to a high level position who later tried to...
Conversations with Other Women is one of those movies that are difficult to review. Much of the pleasure of watching the film, which opened this weekend in D.C. and a handful...
The high-profile NCAA scholar-athlete is a myth. Not a widely believed myth, but at least an idea to which the NCAA, schools, and athletes pay lip service. The elite athletes...
I’m getting a feeling of déjà vu over the recent protests in the Muslim community over remarks made by Pope Benedict XVI last Tuesday in Germany. Once again, like with the Danish cartoons a...
