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To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, C-Span, David Koch, President Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, Ann Coulter, Enron, Frank Capra, Koch Industries, Newt Gingrich, Capitalism, Tsa, Savings and Loan Scandal, The 2016 Olympic Games, Henry Clay Frick, Cnbc, Tyco, Free Market Fundamentalism, Americans for Prosperity, Laura Ingraham, Worldcom, Afp, Larry Kudlow, Supply-Side Economics, Knights of Labor, National Defending the American Dream Summit, Megan McCain, Long-Term Capital Management, John Birch Society, Pinkertons, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

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Michael Moore's Grapes of Wrath

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reagan, Elizabeth Warren, Populism, Flint, Gm, Ronald Reagan, Frank Capra, George W. Bush, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Franklin Roosevelt, Michael Moore Capitalism, Dick Cheney, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Casino-Capitalism, Marcy Kaptur, Fdr, Grapes of Wrath, Entertainment News
Dan Siegel

With the glimmering hope of the Obama campaign behind us, Moore's film is a wake-up call to renew and expand America's democratic promise.

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What's Wrong With Empathy?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cowboy Diplomacy, Judge Sotomayor, Dr. Benjamin, Ecomonic Crisis, Empathy, Pres.Bush 1&2, Pres.Obama, Frank Capra, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

I, for one, am glad for the end of former President George W. Bush's "cowboy diplomacy," fear mongering, and pre-emptive strikes talk.

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For Independence Day, Ten Movies That Scream America

John Farr | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Haskell Wexler, Felicity Huffman, Kim Novak, Oliver Stone, William Holden, Frank Capra, Fredric March, Best Movies by Farr, Fourth of July, John Ford, Henry Fonda, Kevin Spacey, Independence Day, William Wyler, Great-Movies, Myrna Loy, Tom Cruise, Sam Mendes, Gary Cooper, Robert Forster, Entertainment News
John Farr

As we head into Independence Day weekend, for those who'd like to move beyond the evergreen "Yankee Doodle Dandy", I want to suggest some classic titles that evoke our country's unique character.

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Old Man Cheney

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Sean Hannity, It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, Barack Obama, Lionel Barrymore, Dick Cheney, Media News
Jeffrey Feldman

Sean Hannity's interview with Dick Cheney serves as a kind of Tom Stoppard rendition of "It's a Wonderful Life" that might take place after the lights came up and the audience left the theater.

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Mr. Smith? Roddy, You're a Real Paine

Donald Liebenson | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra, James Stewart, Blagojevich Movie, Blagojevich Mr. Smith, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Media Blitz, Blagojevich Scandal, Chicago News
Donald Liebenson

Blago seems to be auditioning for a remake of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, casting himself as James Stewart's naïve and embattled senator. I recommend a different role that's tailor-made for him.

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Movie Review: New in Town

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fargo, Renee Zellweger, New in Town Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Frank Capra, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

If Frank Capra were to make a movie today, it would probably look a lot like New in Town. Of course, Frank Capra is dead. Then again, so is this movie.

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"It's A Wonderful Life" Is Actually Terrifying: NYT

New York Times | Posted 01.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life, James Stewart, Entertainment News

"It's a Wonderful Life" is a terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your dreams, of seeing your father driven to the grave...

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How the Wal-Mart Stampede Made a Long Holiday Season Longer

Jason Notte | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Wal Mart, Christmas Radio, Frank Capra, Wal-Mart Stampede, Walmart Stampede, Bill O'Reilly, Capitalism, Frosty the Snowman, Dimytai Damour, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, John Gibson, Christmas, Wal Mart Trampling, Radio, Bill O'Reilly War on Christmas, Wal Mart Pr Campaign, Salvation Army, A Christmas Story, Business News
Jason Notte

I'm talking to you, dentist office filing clerk. While your boss is busy snaking a vacuum tube under someone's tongue, turn the radio from the all-Christmas station.

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It's a Wonderful Life Explains the Financial Crisis

Charles H. Green | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Trust, Trust and Confidence, It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, Business News
Charles H. Green

Is it really that simple? How could Hollywood possibly get something so much more right than the risk-meisters of Wall Street?

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It's a Wonderful Election

Steven Weber | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life, Politics News
Steven Weber

As simply as the lines are drawn between good and bad in Capra's classic, so are they drawn in this election. It has become clear which of the movie's characters comes closest to being identified with McCain.

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