November 12, 2009
A virus unsettles the nation … and, no, it’s not swine flu. Rather, it is a plague of pundits currently hardening our national arteries with a vast over-supply of ill thought-out yet deeply felt positions. Written, spoken, broadcast, blogged or tweeted, these messages are delivered by Americans who believe in their God-given right to express [...]
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October 7, 2009
“If you want to see jackbooted Nazis, watch American movies,” filmmaker Quentin Tarantino conceded recently to NPR’s Teri Gross during a discussion of his new film, “Inglourious Basterds.” Tarantino is right. It is three-quarters of a century since Germany surrendered to the Allies, and Americans still seems unwilling or unable to pass the calcified stones [...]
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