Watching the Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination for the last six months reminds me of pre-1992 Olympic basketball games: while the rest of the world was allowed to bring their best players to compete, Americans found themselves cheering on wannabes and has-beens, even as their best players were...

One of the best-kept secrets about LA life is that every Sunday morning one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time quietly holds court, masterfully playing his piano and singing songs that have earned him nine Grammy awards over his lifetime. Although he still tours, Andrae Crouch's first responsibility these...

Like millions of people around the world, my eyes were glued to the TV shortly after the Japanese earthquake finished and the massive tidal wave began. What was particularly heartbreaking for me and my family was the horrific sight of Japanese drivers who thought they were driving away from the...

Years ago I once interviewed comedian Jay Leno and he told me something I've never forgotten and think of quite often: when he wants to make fun of a fat man, he never makes fun of him for being fat; rather, he makes fun of his tie.

I think of...

At my first book signing at BEA (Book Expo America) I came face to face with just the kind of readers I was hoping to attract when I wrote my new book Wild Card: The Promise & Peril of Sarah Palin: Of the 100 or so who...

Not only do I have nothing against Jesus Christ or Ayn Rand, I once took one of those tests that is supposed to tell you what your religious and political beliefs are and was told that I belonged in the Quaker church and the Libertarian party. Of course I didn't...

In 1996, Texas Senator Phil Gramm ran unsuccessfully for president and although he never made it to the White House, he made a major contribution to American political life by introducing the Dickey Flatt Test. Flatt was a longtime Gramm friend and the Senator regularly invoked his name in order...

In her classic novel Shiokari Pass, one of Japan's best-loved authors, Ayako Miura, introduced the character Nobuo Nagano who upon realizing that a part of the train he was riding on had come loose from the rest of the train and was heading back down a...

I spent most of the first 18 years of my life in Japan and the idea of the Big One striking was as much a part of life as eating and breathing. Still, nothing prepares for the incredible sight of Japanese homes, businesses and lives being washed away in a...

I was invited to CPAC, the largest gathering of conservatives in America, to screen my film Doonby which co-stars a CPAC favorite, actor Robert Davi, and talk a bit about the subject of my next film, a hero to all of the attendees, Ronald Reagan. During my speech...

One of my pet peeves when it comes to public discourse is the seeming inability of otherwise smart people to follow similes and analogies and I can't think of a better example of this phenomenon than the recent case of Congressman Steve Cohen. Cohen didn't say Republicans were...

Next weekend actor/singer Robert Davi brings his Davi Sings Sinatra act to Los Angeles and I will be there cheering Robert on. I hope you can make it as well.

I've had the great privilege of working with Robert in my...

Attn: Liam Neeson, Michael Apted, Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson
Re: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader's 24-Million Dollar Opening Weekend

If.....you.........diss.......them......they won't come.

I know. I know. Baby-boomers are still in power so the rest of us have to endure an entire week of blathering about how great John Lennon was. Fortunately there's TiVo. Certainly he deserves credit for, if nothing else, writing an amazing song like Woman, but...

As if the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader wasn't in enough trouble with stories like this one, now comes word that the voice of Aslan himself is making the ridiculous claim that Aslan the lion doesn't represent any...

Attn: Kim Jong-Il
From: Vladimir Lenin
Re: The United States

Dear, Dear Leader:

Probe with bayonets. If you encounter mush, proceed; if you encounter steel, withdraw.

Sincerely,

Vladimir

I realize its become something of a sport to mock Larry King for various things: his suspenders, his lack of research, his voice, his glasses, you name it: over the years comedians have had a blast poking fun at the man. But as Larry...

Unlike schoolchildren around the world who take crayon to paper and draw horrible pictures of a world in which climate change has ruined our cities, I don't spend too much time thinking about the issue of global warming. Not because I don't believe in science mind you, but precisely because...

In just over a week a red tsunami of epic proportions is likely to roll across America with the result likely to be a Republican House of Representatives and something close to an evenly divided Senate. Yet, curiously, California which more often than not leads national political trends is likely...

I know almost nothing about author Karen Kingsbury, but apparently she's a New York Times bestselling author with a huge following. But I have seen a film which releases tomorrow that is based on one of her books and it's a film you don't want to miss. Produced by Bobby...