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This review by Philip Kennicott takes note of how, as I noted earlier at TNN, Ron Howard's film emphasizes the "giant-killer" theme - though Kennicott emphasizes the similarity to the Shakespearean treatment of history rather than the horror and science-fiction...

Today came word that John Harris, the chief of staff to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich who was arrested on Tuesday with his boss, has resigned his position.  His attorney, Jim Sotos, stated that his client was taking this action "because it was the right thing to do...

Avery Robert Dulles, who was elevated to the Cardinalate in 2001, died this morning in the Jesuit Infirmary at Fordham University Hospital in New York. For the last twenty years he was a Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham.  He was 90. Cardinal Dulles was a...

As President-Elect Barack Obama moves toward the transition finish line, he has been busy putting his cabinet together, collecting what is now routinely referred to as a “team of rivals.” But this may be more than a reference to the fact that he is trying to avoid...

The difference in overall tone between Peter Morgan's play Frost/Nixon and the film version directed by Ron Howard is noteworthy.  The action of the play, right up to the point where David Frost begins to interview President Nixon, is light in tone, frequently comic,...

POTUSE Obama is very likely planning another top secret Lower Zambudan mission for either or both of the Jesse Jacksons, which would explain why he sent Senator John Kerry on a top secret mission to Poznan. Senator Kerry is now literally as well as figuratively...

As we approach Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the discovery of Saddam Hussein down the most famous spider hole in history, we now have the story of the intelligence, ingenuity, dedication, and, to be sure, luck, that led to his capture. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Maddox...

This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the Golden Globe awards, and as expected Frost/Nixon led the field with five nominations (along with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Doubt; four nominations apiece went to...

Thirty-four years after his resignation, RN continues to obsess Democrats. The day before his arrest, Blago responded to a report that investigators had been taping him: "I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I...

In his column in today's Washington Post, Charles Lane writes about Bill Ayers --- the terrorist who won't just won't fess up and just won't go away.  As Mr. Lane explains: "He's got a book to sell and a misspent youth to rationalize."   (Fugitive Days:...