Obamanation
Finally a candidate offering just what we want – our own self-esteem. Taller, slimmer, younger, he’s exactly what America wants to be. The culturally-approved facade. The kind of self-image sold on television - "only three easy payments of $19.95!" In his empty...
Coen Country
A high-testesterone cast, a terse script crafted from a Cormac McCarthy western, and the mordant humor of the Coen brothers — No Country for Old Men is as close to flawless as it gets. Go see it just to see why Tommy Lee Jones’ face is a national treasure. Go see...
Nation of Groupies!
Isn't anyone else getting tired of his mechanical chanting, the chilling delivery, the obvious manipulation? The last time Americans voted for someone who spoke in such repetitive, glib generalities and revealed so little of substance about himself, we ended up with...
There Will Be Blood
It's not hard to believe, watching There Will Be Blood, that Daniel Day-Lewis could simply do a Google Search for an Oscar, and it would arrive at his door the next day via FedEx. He's that good. And in this would-be epic by director Paul Thomas Anderson, his...
The Glass Ceiling Just Got Thicker!
Being embraced by the Hero of Chappaquiddick might not be the sort of endorsement an aspiring leader would want. But then, as I watch the cameras pan the Senate at last night's repeat of every other Bush State of the Union speech, I get a queasy feeling as I see the...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.