Who Killed the Electric Car?
Another cinematic exercise in drinking deep from the intoxicating stream of popular paranoia
Road to Guantanamo, The
Another slick product of the contemporary movie business’s propaganda arm
Honor: An Interview with Jamie Glazov
From FrontPageMagazine.com of June 20, 2006
Press Permeations
Why did President Bush have to apologize for talking tough to our enemies? — From The Washington Times of June 18, 2006
Seres Queridos (Only Human)
The Spanish title of Only Human by Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri is Seres queridos, or “loved ones” and suggests one of those happy-clappy, boosterish Euro-junk films, like Cédric Klapisch’s Auberge Espanole, in which everybody is part of one big happy European family living in a tolerantly multicultural spirit stronger than any differences between them….
Only Human (Seres Queridos)
Though message-laden and inclined to a facile view of international politics, this is a fresh and funny look at the travails of family life
Viele Feinde, keine Ehre
James Bowman glaubt, daß der Terror weniger durch die Religion als durch eine Ehrkultur motiviert ist. Er fragt, was wir dem entgegenzusetzen haben — From Welt am Sonntag of June 4, 2006
Cult of the Suicide Bomber, The
A fascinating documentary tracing the history of a favorite terrorist technique, but one a bit too ready to take the terrorists at their own valuation
Judas Makes a Comeback
The president’s getting a worse press than Judas? What’s wrong with this picture? — From The New Criterion of May, 2006
On Our Honor: An NRO Q&A
James Bowman discusses his new book, Honor: A History, with Christina Hoff Sommers, author of Who Stole Feminism? and The War Against Boys — From National Review Online, May 30, 2006
Finding it in a Movie
In movies about adolescence, it is an adult task to separate the real from the fake — From The American Spectator of May, 2006