Editor's Note: More than one commentator, including our own Jason Linkins, has compared Gov. Rod Blagojevich's obscenity-filled wiretapped conversations to the profane poetry of a David Mamet play. So we asked Mamet for his take on Blagojevich.
I am from Chicago, and, so,...
Posted August 10, 2006 | 17:37:06 (EST)
Many Jews are upset with Mel Gibson because they believe in something called "the public relations war."
Israel, these co-religionists think, is endangered because the Arabs, sworn to the annihilation of the Jewish State, are, somehow, putting a better spin on their case.
Israel is a sovereign nation, founded by...
Posted July 27, 2006 | 16:32:46 (EST)
The intractable earth is getting warmer in spite of our President's excision of the phrase "global warming." And neither despicable "spin" nor legitimate political debate is altering the deaths and disfigurements of our soldiers in Iraq.
Ron Glasser's new book Wounded should be read by everyone....
Posted July 17, 2006 | 21:16:13 (EST)
Posted December 10, 2008 | 18:14:32 (EST)