Diary

The Story Behind Palin’s Selection for VP

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Having search the internet, it is not clear to me that Sarah Palin has received a full vetting. McCain is making a big gamble. In two months we will know whether the move was brilliant or stupid. Here is the best background article on the nomination. The story behind the Palin surprise By: Jonathan Martin (Politico.com) John McCain image image [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

Tropic Thunder

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There is a reason why in most films different people take on the roles of the writer, director,  and the lead actor: Rarely is one and the same person equally good at all these jobs.  Tropic Thunder stars Ben Stiller, and is written and directed by Ben Stiller. That was a mistake. When I saw image [Read More]
Diary

High noon in duel for White House

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Andrew Sullivan sums up what we can expect of the next weeks until the November election. The phoney war is over as the US presidential candidates square up for the most compelling contest in a generation. The eagerly anticipated text message arrived on millions of mobile phones yesterday at 3am. With it, many Americans who image [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

The Dark Knight

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When Heath Ledger died early this year, I was deeply disturbed by his death.  I surprised myself by the strength of my sadness.  What made it so difficult to accept his untimely death was my sense that this extraordinary talent could have mesmerized us for decades to come with his acting skills. The best thing image [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

Sex and the City

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The four ladies of HBO’s “Sex and the City” comedy series continue their adventure in New York. The writers infused the film with a good sense of fun. At times it is also a bit sexually daring, but for the most part it falls into the genre of a tame romantic comedy. This is not image [Read More]
Diary

Only in America

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  Part 2: May 6, 2009 A Complicated Question  By MAUREEN DOWD (NY Times) I had dinner once with John and Elizabeth Edwards, when he first burst onto the national scene. Looking across the booth at her grinning, boyish husband, she told me that it was irritating to be married to someone so comely who looked so much [Read More]