Ken Burns Wwii Documentary

America Used To Be Really Goddamn Awesome

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics


Bob Cesca

The Bush Years have been a monumental, cataclysmic failure due to its inattention to what has made American great. The president and his thinning ranks of fawn-eyed Hannities don't understand this yet.

Essay Question: The War vs. George W. Bush's War. Compare and Contrast (50 points).

Peter Smith | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics


Peter Smith

In Bush's desert folly, nobody back home sacrifices, except for the families and friends of the men and women fighting the war.

Why Latinos Fight Ken Burns' and Other Wars

Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics


Roberto Lovato

More than the actual film, the controversy around the film will have done more to educate the country about the more than 500,000 Latinos who enlisted, fought or died during World War II.

Censoring the Greatest Generation

David Harsanyi | Posted 09.23.2007 | Media


David Harsanyi

Does anyone else find it ironic that on PBS tonight, Ken Burns' film documenting the great sacrifices of freedom in WWII will have the words of the very men who fought for it edited out?

Saving Private Ramos

Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics


Roberto Lovato

2007-09-21-saving_ramos_fp.jpgKen Burns and PBS have been embroiled in the "War" controversy since a UT Austin scholar and several other Latino leaders discovered that the film excluded Latino vets.