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The New and Improved Deal

In my never-ending quest to 1) tell the truth, and 2) amuse myself to distraction by thoroughly pissing off the Left, I’d like to say a few words about the upcoming Signing of the Stimulus Bill. Considering the expense involved

'Syphilis Phil' and the Stimulus

A Democrat gave me syphilis today… on the Assembly Floor… “Syphilis Phil” that is, a.k.a. “Phil the Sore.” I must profess my ignorance, I never heard of Phil – though Phil gets around, evidently. The Phil I received was an

Bankers Face Grilling By Dubious Congress

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC: Eight leaders of the nation’s top banks were facing a grilling from Congress Wednesday, meeting with deep skepticism from lawmakers who quizzed them aggressively about how they

Was Bush A Gift To The Left?

During the election the chants of “Hope” from Mr. Obama and his followers always seemed to be said with a smile. Today those smiles are gone and have been replaced by the stern condescending look of someone very frustrated that

The Seduction of Insanity

I must be stupid. I’m sorry, but I just don’t get it. Clearly, I am just too simple minded to understand the efficacy of the so-called Stimulus Bill. I run the idea past my Common Sense center in my cerebral

NEA Grantees Should "Spread the Wealth"

Although Broadway – and by extension National Tours of Broadway shows – tend to be the showcase for the American theatre industry, the vast majority of the works that end up in that showcase are born and nurtured in the

The True Face of Hollywood

This week’s Washington Times column: Sometimes I just don’t get the Republican Party. Back in 2004, a smart, good-looking moderate Republican Hispanic ran for Congress. At the time Victor Elizalde was just under 40 years old and working as an

Lies, Damn Lies and Dramatizations: 'Frost/Nixon'

Introduction: In a sense, son-in-law Edward Cox was mistaken when he told President Nixon shortly before his 1974 resignation that doing so would not stop the onslaught. You don’t know these people. I know them. Let me tell you something

Henry Waxman and the Sexualization of our Children

Dear Rep. Waxman, My congratulations on your reelection to the 11th Congress of the United States and promotion to Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. As a national leader charged with overseeing the improvement of the quality of

Air America Continues to Defile AM Radio

Tuesday night I lost my way on AM radio and accidentally stepped into a steaming pile of Air America. Preoccupied with traffic, my Bluetooth and a mango smoothie while driving home, I neglected to switch stations upon the conclusion of

Review: Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon is a full on respectable, accomplished and intelligent retelling of the now famous series of interviews English television personality David Frost conducted with disgraced former President Nixon in 1977, just a few years after Nixon’s resignation. No one can

NYPD Detective Rallies Against AG Nominee Holder

New York police detective Anthony S. Senft was a victim of a terror attack in New York in 1982, now he’s urging Congress to vote ‘no’ on Eric Holder for Attorney General because he played a key role in awarding

STIMULATE THIS!

STIMULATE THIS! So now it’s time for another bailout. The one last month didn’t do the trick, apparently. 800 billion wasn’t quiiiiite enough. We’re gonna have to try harder. Hey I got an idea for stimulating the economy. Everybody who

Barack Obama Officially Elected President

Reuters: The U.S. Congress officially declared Barack Obama as the next president of the United States in a ceremonial, yet constitutionally required state by state tally of the electoral college votes.

Porn Industry Wants $5 Billion Bailout

Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt and ‘Girls Gone Wild’ video series creator Joe Francis asked the newly convened 111th Congress “to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America” in a bailout move similar to the one set aside for US auto

Enter, Stage Right.

It was a cold November evening in 1994 when I shut off my television and went to a board meeting of a Los Angeles service organization for theatre owners and producers. I had just heard the news that for the