I’ve never before been encouraged by a threat to our national security. But last week’s news that the FBI arrested ten Russian spies is reassuring – even rejuvenating – in a very odd way. (That an eleventh, apprehended in Cyprus
My little series of articles on Marlon’s Mao posed the possibility that if Marlon Brando had lived longer he would have inevitably been cast as Mao Zedong. The crème de la crème of the Hollywood Left would have unquestionably flocked
In politics, temperament matters – it matters a great deal, as Barack Obama has unwittingly shown us time and again. Some women and men love to posture, talk, debate, and negotiate. Temperamentally, they are suited for a legislative role. It
YouTube: Starring Yuri Bezmenov, Obama, Oliver Stone, Danny Glover, Sean Penn, Cornell West, John Kerry, Jim Wallis, Hillary & Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Father Pfleger, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Vladimir Putin, Rev. Wright, Bobby Rush, Barbara
Marlon Brando once visited the Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau, to request money for a film about the First Nations that he and Abby Mann were working on. Following the very unfruitful meeting with Trudeau, Brando declared,”That’s the most
Despite the darkening clouds of increasingly Marxist/Islamic sympathies in the White House (“This is no longer just a Christian nation …”, said the President) and regardless of the Obama Nation’s success at “fundamentally transforming the United States of America” into
Based on the email I receive from my readers, I understand that I’m not alone in thinking that the left-wing lugnuts have turned America into the world’s biggest loony bin. I’m not quite sure how they managed to pull it
Reuters: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with “respect” in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings. Putin, wearing a turtleneck sweater and jacket, went on stage to present awards
On Feb. 13, 1985, I stood in the Theaterplatz in Dresden listening to Erich Honecker give a speech. The speech was not simply one of those standard commie stemwinders to which those of us reporting from Eastern Europe and the
Russia Today: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has paid a visit to Russia’s legendary University of Cinematography in Moscow, and even made his filmmaking debut in the cradle of Russian cinema.
Okay, it’s time to finally admit it: Barack Obama hates businessmen. Not just certain businessmen, mind you, but the entire profession. Of course President Obama will deny this. He told Businessweek magazine in a recent interview that he is not
Is it just me, or has 2009 been exceptionally rich in the deaths of legendary figures? In August Ted Kennedy was finally reunited in heaven with Mary Jo Kopechne. In July a much more interesting man, Harry Patch, the last
The 2008 election campaign filled me with an eerie sense of déjà vu, as I suspect it did many British people living in America. The hysterical reception accorded Barack Obama was strongly reminiscent of the frothing enthusiasm for Tony Blair
Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com AFP: Brashly shouting out his lyrics in crowded, smoky clubs, Alexei Nikonov zeroes in on provocative themes that most musicians here ignore — authoritarianism and injustice in today’s Russia. Nikonov, the outspoken
Event in progress…we go LIVE to Washington, D.C. …reporting live on this historic occasion. A crisis of epic proportions may have been averted…by an invitation from the White House to simply sit down …and have a beer. This creatively innovative
So according to a new poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org, Barack Obama is the most trusted political leader in the world. The poll was of nearly 20,000 residents of the largest nations, including even Macau. Oh how I love Macau. From my
AFP: “We are sure that any aggression against our citizens will be given a worthy reply,” President Dmitry Medvedev said in a speech in Red Square side-by-side with powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “The victory over fascism is a great
I occasionally like to poke around Salon.com for a healing dose of tolerance, inclusion and progressive enlightenment whenever my heathen conservative predilections get the better of me. Imagine my shock when browsing through some reader comments when I saw the
On Sunday afternoon Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist Bill Kristol — in an email exchange with Big Hollywood — agreed to debate Matt Damon on his Hollywood home turf after being informed the 38-year old actor ridiculed
Reuters: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he’s confident that Russia will weather the global economic crisis with “minimal losses” and he pledged to maintain rises in social spending. The Russian Prime Minister faced a barrage of questions about rising
Embedded video from CNN Video Reuters: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s black labrador dog, Koni, Friday was given a collar that will allow her master to track her movements by satellite.
Daily Mail: ‘Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin’ is the product of collaboration between Putin – a black belt – and former World and Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita.
Oil prices continue to fall as news of a drop in China’s oil imports outweighed concern over supply disruptions from the Caspian Sea. Russia snubbed calls for a ceasefire, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized the United States, saying Washington
AP: .S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to resolve their differences over a U.S. missile defense system at a farewell meeting.
AP: NATO wraps up it summit in Romania after hearing from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin and President Bush have additional meetings planned in the coming days
