Via Roll Call: A collection of 15 Republicans — all former Members of Congress, governors or Environmental Protection Agency administrators — called on the president Wednesday to set aggressive auto emission and fuel efficiency standards beginning in 2017. “I’m just
The legendary Peter Falk — multiple Emmy winner, two-time Oscar nominee (“Pocketful of Miracles,” “Murder Inc.”), and one helluva character actor best known for playing television’s slyly bumbling Lt. Columbo, died today at the age of 83. Beyond his iconic
Over the weekend, Drudge posted an alarming story from CNSNews.com high on the page: “China Divests 97% of Holdings in US Treasury Bills.” What does that mean? I checked with financial hawkeye George Ford for his take. As I read
From CBS News: New York City Congressman Anthony Weiner has not asked the FBI or U.S. Capitol Police to investigate a bizarre Twitter incident in which a lewd photo of a man’s groin was sent to his 45,000 followers from
My love affair with movies began with Sergio Leone. Sure, I watched movies before I saw The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in high school, but I was a changed man after I saw Leone rebuild the American western
As they have annually since 1994, in January of this year, Harris Interactive conducted a poll that surveys a sample of 2300 adults across the country with a very simple question: “Who is your favorite movie star?” Ranking as number
John Wayne may be dead but the Western still lives on. We all have an idea in our head that pops up whenever we think of the Western. Certain characteristics come to mind such as horses, six-guns, cowboy hats, dusty
Via the Wall Street Journal Online. It seems the not-so-lovable, to many, Koran burning pastor, Terry Jones is at it, again. This time, near a mosque in Detroit. Authorities in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn are trying to head off
—– It’s like Chevy Chase doing an impersonation of Chevy Chase doing an impersonation of Gerald Ford (which I loved, by the way). The best Chase could summon in defense of He Who Hit 41% Today, was an excuse that
It was my great honor to have Sidney Lumet as the director of my screenplay, A Stranger Among Us, 1992, starring Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, and Mia Sara. Working with Sidney was a master class in making movies. I learned
We have twice already looked at the debacle that is General Motors (GM) under the TARP-bought, government-sponsored guidance of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dan Akerson. It’s been terrible. And it’s getting much, much worse. What we are witnessing is what
Neil LaBute’s work is often concerned with the morals and ethics of selfish people, characters that all-too-often resemble ourselves. It’s precisely why the writer-director’s work is always engaging and challenging. His 2002 play, “Mercy Seat,” offers yet another provocative scenario
There are a number of individuals and institutions whose opinions are worthy of respect when it comes to the choosing of our Great American Films. Overall, though, I do find the idea of appointed and/or self-appointed deciders on such matters
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the United Auto Workers’ Bob King thinks he’s just the union boss to make a go of it. With negotiations about to start with the Big Three American auto companies (two of which
Over the past month, Google made waves with the announcement that it has tweaked its search algorithms to penalize ‘content farms.’ These are “low quality sites whose main goal is to attract search traffic by piling up (mostly) useless content.”
With a movie based on the gossipy, mostly unsourced, pro-Obama, Palin- savaging “Game Change” already casting and likely timed to boost President Barack –War of Choice! — Obama’s re-election bid in 2012, it looks as though HBO’s decided to double
The comedian is Ross Bennett. Do you think he’s telling the truth, that Obama supporters are so intolerant they give the entertainer grief over any hit The One takes? I think so. I think people understand the power of mockery,
A second viewing of “Toy Story 3” is just as wondrous and entertaining as the first. In my initial review, I declared the Pixar sequel a masterpiece and another look only reinforced that. Pixar might be the brightest the star
This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:
—– Remember the mid 70’s, during the first ever season of “SNL” when breakout star Chevy Chase did his bumbling Gerald Ford impersonation? One of the big, unspoken jokes of that routine was that Chase intentionally did absolutely nothing to
***UPDATE: A few titles got lost in the ole’ cut and paste: Ordet, Passion of Joan of Arc, Leap of Faith, and One Night with the King. I am adding and/or reconsidering others mentioned. By the time I’m done watching
This weekend I have on display in my home a remembrance of Ronald Reagan, in honor of his 100th Birthday. It is a small 1984 campaign placard showing a large red heart and “Women for Reagan.” The president himself signed
Tweedle-dee, Tweedle-dumb, and…huh? Barack Obama’s handlers and speech writers revealed their re-election strategy last night in his State of the Union speech. The Obama clique thinks they are replicating Slick Willy Clinton’s (and Dick Morris’s) triangulation strategy after the electoral
From all of us at Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, I hope you have a happy New Year in 2011! Secure Freedom Radio is signing out 2010 on some shockingly somber notes. Below you can hear Frank’s monologue on the
California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer is absolutely right to scoff at accusation in the Wall Street Journal that California is the “the Lindsay Lohan of states”. Ms. Lohan is currently in Court Ordered rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic, whereas
