I've been a fan of Andrew Sullivan for a long time. Recently, and perhaps unfairly, I've found his constant drumbeat about torture to be a huge overreaction, given the kinds of people we're fighting in the war on terrorism. Today I found myself agreeing with him more than I have in a while.
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Maybe it has escaped some (not all) observers, but the set for the Obama event tonight looks way too much like some of the scenes in “Triumph of the Will,” Leni Riefenstahl’s Hitler propoganda film. All that neo-Roman looking grandiosity screams “cult of personality.” If they go for some low camera angles on the...
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One of our best, if not the best playwrights writes about his departure from liberalism. In the Village Voice no less.
I don’t agree with absolutely everything here, but 99% of it rings true. A couple of money quotes:
What about the role of government? Well, in the abstract, coming from my time and background, I...
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Today’s Elkhart Truth ran a great story by my friend Marcia Fulmer about the upcoming renovation of Elkhart’s Elco Theatre, along with a nice history of the venerable old building, it’s ups and downs, etc. The announcement of the $13.5MM project is here.
The history piece has some of the photos from the print version,...
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Camera phone picture of tonight’s performance of The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Bristol Opera House. Nice performances from Dan Johnson, Scott Fowler Jeanne Drust, Carl Wiesinger and and several others whose names I can’t remember now (sorry folks, you really were good).
This picture, however, proves that camera phones without flashes are...
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