How the Health Care Summit Could Backfire on Democrats
Conventional wisdom in Washington has already figured out the winners and losers of next week’s White House health care summit. The smart money is on President Obama. The silver-tongued orator will wow C-Span viewers, demonstrating his knack for substantive detail and cool debating style.
The mainstream media has the tactical narrative ready to report as well. [...]
The First Ironman of Hawaii
On Saturday, October 10, the Ironman Triathlon will take
place in Hawaii. In a contest that tests human endurance, the
athletes, without taking breaks, will swim 2.4 miles in the open
ocean, bike 112 miles, and run a marathon (26 miles). It has been
held annually since 1978.
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Explaining Polanskiites
In Dennis Prager’s Townhall column today, he asks the most obvious and urgent question about the Roman Polanski crisis, the same point noted by Movie Badger in a previous Lizardian post:
How is one to explain the film world’s conscience?
He refers not to Polanski himself; as Movie Badger noted, the existence of evil people is not [...]
Roman Polanski’s real "defense"
Bill Bennett notes that 138 film industry types including Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Martin Scorsese, have demanded the immediate release of fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski. Some European political figures have also criticized the arrest of Polanski. Among them are two French cabinet ministers Frederic Mitterand and Bernard Kouchner.
It’s difficult for me [...]
The Night and Day Economy
When it comes to the economy, the Obama administration has
declared that it is both night and day at the same time.
In recent weeks the White House and Congressional Democrats have
been facing more questions about the wisdom of their $787 billion
stimulus package.
Sen. Chris Dodd [...]
Woody Allen Tries To Block Mia Farrow’s NYC Testimony
NEW YORK — Actor-director Woody Allen asked a judge on Monday to stop a clothing company from putting his former longtime companion Mia Farrow and his wife _ Farrow’s adopted daughter _ on the witness stand as it defends itself against his claims it used his image on billboards without permission.
In papers filed in U.S. [...]
