By • Dec 08,2009

Polanski’s art

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I finally had the chance to watch Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning film, The Pianist. It isn’t the story of Polanski’s own survival, although it seems natural...

By • Dec 08,2009

Death threats for Obama

Four times as many as death threats for Bush? More? For his most passionate supporters, it is only natural to think of this young, charismatic and inspirational leader as another...

By • Dec 07,2009

What was Obama doing for three months?

If you don’t read Shadow Government, you should. It’s a blog written by a lot of very smart people who held significant positions in the Bush administration. (No, that isn’t...

By • Dec 07,2009

Afghanistan: A GOP twofer?

David Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has introduced a war tax bill. “As presidential historian Robert Dallek reminds us, ‘war kills off great reform movements’,” Obey said, noting...

By • Dec 07,2009

WAFCA winners

The Washington Area Film Critics Association (of which I am a member) released it’s best-of list this morning, and I wanted to pass them along to you guys. My write...