Silverdocs, a documentary film festival that takes place every year outside of Washington D.C., recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and for my second year in a row, I attended the annual event. Like in 2011, the festival offered up a
Speaker John Boehner: The president’s health care law is hurting oureconomy by driving up health costs and making it harder for smallbusinesses to hire. Today’s ruling underscores the urgency of repealingthis harmful law in its entirety. What Americans want is
By MIKE BAKERAssociated PressOLYMPIA, Wash.President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid
The Washington Post released a column Wednesday in which they claim that the tax reform plan proposed by House Republicans would “sharply cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans and could leave middle-class households facing much larger tax bills.” This claim
Last night during the RightOnline Welcome Event, filmmaker Andrew Marcus previewed a 17-minute clip from his upcoming documentary “Hating Breitbart.” While not giving away too much of the film’s approach to representing the late rebel media mogul, the footage displayed
When United States forces leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 (at least, that’s Barack Obama’s plan if he’s still in office) they plan to equip the Afghan police and army with the finest clothes and disguises money can buy. The Washington
By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROA mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment Friday, with the attackers overwhelming the male guardians and groping and molesting several of the female marchers in Cairo’s
(AP) Laughs: A part of the game for ‘Feud’ host DawsonBy FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKRichard Dawson brought a saucy, unabashedly touchy-feely style to TV game shows as host of “Family Feud.” The British-born entertainer, who died Saturday at age
Ben Jealous, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recently repeated the ridiculous and scurrilous claim that voter identification (ID) is tantamount to Jim Crow and a poll tax. While there is no support
President Barack Obama tried – and failed – to convince the majority of Americans he has the right answer to mend the country’s health care system. Now, progressive filmmakers are having a crack at it – just in time for
While media attention is understandably focused on the recall effort aimed against Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin, free market advocates should not lose sight of the pressure tactics applied against Gov. Bobby Jindal in Louisiana. This coming weekend “RecallBobbyJindal” will be holding
(AP) AP Exclusive: Calif. 9/11 fund raided for deficitsBy HANNAH DREIERAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims’ families and law enforcement. Their answer: specialty
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKHow can “Saturday Night Live” possibly replace (fill in the blank)? How many times have we asked that question across nearly four decades? But in their wake grew one of the most versatile, multi-threat casts
(AP) By HILLEL ITALIEAP National WriterNEW YORKMaurice Sendak didn’t think of himself as a children’s author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. Sendak, who died early Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., at age 83, four days after suffering
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 4 (UPI) —The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April — much less than expected and not enough to keep up with natural population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent because another 522,000 adults
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) —TransCanada is preparing a new application to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to the United States, The Washington Post said. The application, which sources told the newspaper could come as
(AP) Why small business owners are hesitant to hireBy JOYCE M. ROSENBERGAP Business WriterNEW YORKKen Levien has no plans to hire more people for his real estate project management company in New York. He says his business has only about
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Nicole Toms practically gushed as she emerged into the sunlight from a massive tent where a gospel choir had brought the crowd to its feet. “Oh my God, I love everything about this,” she said. “The
Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is “essentially gone,” but its affiliates remain a threat, US intelligence officials said. Bin Laden’s death further weakened Al-Qaeda, and it was unlikely
According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, “journalists should be as transparent as possible about sources and methods so audiences can make their own assessment of the information. Even in a world of expanding voices, accuracy
MOVIEGOERS SURVEYED SAY 3D PICS ARE BETTER NETFLIX ADDED 3 MILLION ONLINE SUBSCRIBERS IN QUARTER …LOST 1.08 MILLION BY-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS RAVE FOR MEL GIBSON’S DIRECT-TO-PPV ‘THE GRINGO’ …NOW THIS IS WHAT I CALL AN ACTION MOVIE! MEL GIBSON
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At age 40, Arnel Pineda lived every wannabe rock star’s dream, middle-aged fan’s fantasy and even one poor country’s hope for financial success. A little more than five years ago, as videos of Pineda performing Journey
“Darling Companion” is a movie that Woody Allen might have made if he had (a) no gift for narrative charm, (b) no knack for tangy banter, and (c) no sense of humor. The cast features a couple of actors who
Probably best known as the creator, writer and producer of the incredible HBO series “Carnivàle,” Daniel Knauf is looking to add “Internet innovator” to his resume. Knauf’s newest creation is the website bxxweb.com, which will launch its first production, titled
(AP) Australian actress Nicole Kidman is in talks to play the late Grace Kelly, the screen legend who married the prince of Monaco, in a film by French director Olivier Dahan, Variety reported Thursday. The report said Kidman, 44, is
