In the Shadow of the Moon
An unforgettable series of interviews with the first men — and perhaps the last — ever to set foot on another world
Fierce People
A glib and unpersuasive attempt to identify the primitive and savage “other” with the super-rich
Ladrón que roba a ladrón
Moralizing thieves seem to appeal to a Hispanic audience — rather than the merely immoral thieves who apparently appeal to the rest of us
Entry from August 27, 2007
Nothing that’s happened in this summer’s Silly Season so far has amused me half so much as President Bush’s suddenly upsetting the media’s whole rhetorical apple-cart by comparing Iraq to Vietnam. The media take that has now prevailed since the American-backed overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan in the autumn of 2001 — that every…
Making it Official
It’s a topsy-turvy world when bad becomes good and unofficial becomes official — From The American Spectator of July/August, 2007
Bothersome Man, The (Den Brysomme Mannen)
Imagine a more up-to-date, slick-looking Norwegian version of a “Twilight Zone” episode
Mr Bean’s Holiday
A real treat for fans of Rowan Atkinson’s Mr Bean — and one that will make fans of those who aren’t yet
Entry from August 8, 2007
This summer, on eight successive Tuesday evenings, I am presenting a series called The American Movie Hero (go to www.americanmoviehero.com) at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. The eighth film in the series, Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark with Harrison Ford, screened on Tuesday, August 7th. Before showing the film, I…
Raiders of the Lost Ark
[See “Entry from August 08, 2007” under “My Diary”]
Honor: Are We Left With a Mere Relic of a Great Civilization?
A code of ethics is imposed upon students of many colleges and universities. Is that responsibility relevant to our time? — From The Richmond Times-Dispatch of August 5, 2007
Becoming Jane
A silly attempt to re-imagine Jane Austen as a romance novelist of our own time inexplicably marooned in the 18th century
Entry from August 1, 2007
This summer, on eight successive Tuesday evenings, I am presenting a series called The American Movie Hero (go to www.americanmoviehero.com) at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. The seventh film in the series, Peter Yates’s Bullitt with Steve McQueen, screened on Tuesday, July 31st. Before showing the film, I spoke as follows: This…