Newt vs. The Ruling Class

The media elite and the Republican Ruling Class are remarkably similar in their political projection for the coming year. Both these groups have one primary target: Newt Gingrich.

Oliver’s Ugly America

Oliver Stone shocked many when his movie World Trade Center was released in 2006. It was a masterpiece, a meditation on two firemen trapped in a darkened tomb of broken concrete, twisted metal and shattered glass. They had rushed headlong… Read More

Resistance Is Futile?

Variety is a Hollywood trade publication, but it can be hard to figure out where the entertainment industry ends and the industry’s journalistic apple-polishers begin. Exhibit A is a commentary by Brian Lowry trying to compare the news media’s current… Read More

“Peace” Movement Passe?

If the "peace" movement holds a protest and no one in the press covers it, does it still exist? If Americans are sick of the war, they're also sick of the "anti-war." Even the media have grown anti-war-weary. Rallies on… Read More

Bella and the Pro-Life Film Trend

In a political act loaded with cultural symbolism, Senator Hillary Clinton endorsed an effort to earmark a million taxpayer dollars for a museum in Bethel, New York celebrating the circus of 1969, the Woodstock music festival. Other senators smelled the… Read More

Secret Contraceptives for 11-Year-Olds?

Portland, Maine found itself in the national spotlight on the morning of October 17. The King Middle School was debating whether to provide birth control to sixth graders without their parents' consent or knowledge — not just condoms, but even… Read More

Congress vs. Gangsta Rap

On September 25, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, chaired by Bobby Rush (D-Illinois), held a very unique hearing, focusing on the way the culture is being soured by the makers of sexist and racially charged rap… Read More

Dan Rather, In Shameless Denial

When the news broke that Dan Rather was suing CBS News for $70 million for somehow destroying his reputation, the most noticeable reaction came from the media establishment itself. From the first story in the New York Times, it carried… Read More

The Frustrated Family Hour

The new fall season of television has begun. Oh, joy. What creative license has Hollywood taken now? How will this industry top — because it always must top — last year's shock? You're a parent. You come home, open the… Read More

Opposing 9/11 Remembrance

As America headed into the weekend before the sixth anniversary of the horrific September 11 terrorist attacks, the latest purported video from Osama bin Laden reminded the country that the war on terrorism is still a real and persistent battle.… Read More

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