Because he is a good and gracious man, George W. Bush worked with Ted Kennedy on No Child Left Behind. He held his hand out across the aisle (something Obama has yet to do), and brought the Senator on board
He left office a year ago today. He has maintained a dignified silence in the last twelve months — even though his successor denounces him in almost every speech and acts as if he is still running against the man.
My ex-wife pulled off one of the most diabolical stunts ever perpetrated on one human being by another. When she was a kid, she took it upon herself to teach her younger brother the names of all the different colors.
The information coming out of Iran is raw, and sporadic. Mainstream press coverage is simplistic. Be careful what, and how, you read. Here’s what to do. Why is it so confusing? Both information and disinformation arrive in fragments and in
Now that we have your attention. Andrew Klavan’s written a terrific piece for City Journal looking at Katherine Bigelow’s “Hurt Locker,” which tanked at the box office, is a frontrunner to win this year’s Best Picture Oscar and has generated
Remember back in November when Major Malik Nadal Hasan went on a shooting rampage on the Army base at Fort Hood, Tex., and the media’s first impulse was to reflexively wonder why he had done it? Was it because he
15 January 2010 Cobra Battery at FOB Frontenac Arghandab, Afghanistan Artillery is called “The King of Battle.” When it comes to the delivery of force, probably nothing outside of nuclear weapons can outmatch the sustained delivery of extreme brutality. Cannons
First of all, sorry for the delayed release of this, I got a few big ideas for some big changes, and technical issues that arose in the process prevented me from meeting the series debut date of the 5th. It
[Note: This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans. Click here to read earlier articles.] Fresh on the heels of their Hamas-protected trip to Gaza, the so-called feminist, American antiwar group
[Ed. Note: See below for a special DVD purchase promotion for Big Hollywood readers. Own a great film, save a little money, and best of all, support our troops and their families.] The moment I saw that long line of
Think press malpractice when, in political matters, you hear prosecutorial malpractice. Indictments by the Justice Department against five former security guards for Xe, the private-security firm and military contractor formerly known as Blackwater, were recently jettisoned by a D.C. district
Let me see if I’ve got this straight. Under the aegis of Rupert Murdoch’s Twentieth Century-Fox, a zillion dollar corporation with over a billion in annual box office, James Cameron makes a movie, Avatar, about an average, avaricious, American corporation
CNN: Iraq said Friday that it will file a lawsuit against five Blackwater security guards cleared of manslaughter charges in the 2007 killing of 17 Iraqi civilians, an act a government official called murder. The Iraqi government also will ask
In hockey, rough sport that it is, it is rare that one player scores three goals in one game. They call that a Hat Trick. In the game of politics, Obama now has managed the Liberal Hat Trick in the
Arghandab, Afghanistan New Year’s Eve, 2009 On this small base surrounded by a mixture of enemy and friendly territory, a memorial has been erected just next to the Chapel. Inside the tepee are 21 photos of 21 soldiers killed during
[Note: This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans. Click here to read earlier articles.] “We hope the Egyptians get so annoyed they just want to get rid of us.” Jodie
AFP: Disarmed Iranian rebels and their families are defying Iraqi police orders to leave a camp near the border. Iraq wants the former fighters of the People’s Mujahedeen, which fought with Saddam Hussein’s regime against Iran in the 1980-88 war,
My family and I have been big fans of NCIS since it began. So this Christmas break, one afternoon we sat down with my daughter home from college to catch up on the Christmas episodes of both NCIS and NCIS:
Over the last weekend, I had the privilege of seeing “Avatar.” This is a film of epic proportions and although I had some problems with it cinematically, from a technological standpoint, I recommend that everyone should see it. However, do
Kiss me, you luscious hunk of fascist you… The Mayor of DelusionalVille: “I think the Obama administration has followed the same playbook, to a large extent, almost verbatim, as the Bush administration. I don’t see anything different,” the activist movie
Before there were TEA Party activists, there were Freepers. Through my experience as a long-time Freeper, I learned the value of street activism, and its limitations. Capitol Confidential, in an essay posted at Big Government Monday, emphatically urges TEA Party
20 December 2009 Arghandab, Afghanistan As Christmas approaches, many people are thinking about the troops, who in turn are thinking about loved ones at home. Cards and letters are tacked up on many walls. The favorites are from the little
Media Matters’ evil twin, Media Matters Action Network, has posted a disgustingly biased screed, casting Israel as a villain in a vacuum: Progressives Speak Out On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict December 18, 2009 5:07 pm ET by MJ Rosenberg This week there
Let’s first get THIS out of the way: I do NOT believe the President is a Muslim. OK? I believe he is a Christian. I’ve seen his Pastor in action. That being said, I DO believe that a pattern has
Many of you know the story of Jerry Maguire, the agent with a conscience. Ya, I know. It’s only a movie. But sometimes movies can be great moral guideposts. Ironic that I should use one of Hollywood’s finest morality plays
