I think that Eric Garris, our esteemed webmaster, expected too much from this movie, and, with all the promotional controversy surrounding it, one can hardly blame him. I think we have to take Michael Moore’s movie for what it is, not for what we wanted it to be: it is not the definitive treatment of [...]
A guest blog entry responding to my brief review of Fahrenheit 9/11: Eric, I understand your reaction. I think If I had gone alone, I would be of the same mind. I, however, accompanied two people with whom I had tried to interest in the questions surrounding 9-11 and the subsequent geopolitical mess for over [...]
A Review of Lee Blessings’ A Walk in the Woods The California Theatre Center of Sunnyvale, California, has chosen for its summer season to revive contemporary playwright Lee Blessing’s 1988 play A Walk in the Woods, a microcosm of the entire Cold War, presented in an intimate two-character, two-hour, one-setting play. Sound implausible? Well, okay [...]
Please note that this is a blog entry. It is the opinion of the author and doesn’t represent the views of everyone at Antiwar.com. So all you angry letter-writers can address me personally, not all of Antiwar.com. I really wanted to like Fahrenheit 9/11. I was excited about seeing it and happy to see that [...]
“Taliban Say They Killed Women Poll Workers” – the Taliban still show themselves to be heartless scum, proudly vaunting the fact they killed women poll workers and children. Let us remember the immense courage RAWA displayed showed for many, many years in the face of these truly deficient human beings. Even now, however, the Taliban [...]
If you’re looking for some reading material this weekend, check out the current dead-tree issue of The American Conservative, featuring an interesting interview with Ralph Nader and a review of Sean Hannity’s latest masterpiece by moi (not available online).
