Polanski

Huh?

Dave Hackel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media


Dave Hackel

Everyday the news is filled with statements that just don't make any sense. I write them down and then I study them later. Many still puzzle me. Maybe you can help me make sense of them.

Gore Vidal Knocks Obama, Says "Anti-Semitism" Got "Poor Polanski"

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books


To mark the recent publication of Gore Vidal's memoir, Snapshots in History's Glare, The Atlantic's John Meroney interviewed the American literary and...

Roman Polanski Arrest Sparked By Tip From Swiss, According To New Documents

AP | THOMAS WATKINS and BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The arrest of Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case was set in motion last month by Swiss authorities, who informed fed...

Poo Poo on Putting Polanski in Prison

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


Danielle Cavallucci

Wouldn't it serve the interests of justice and the American people more to devote the monies intended to be wasted on this sensational situation to solving real and pervasive problems?

The Narcissistic Ego and Vampire Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

There are simply more and more narcissists than there were a few decades ago. There is less community and more selfishness, and it will affect how quickly we come out of this financial crisis.

Left, Right & Center: Olympics, Unemployment Rate 9.8%, Iran, Baucus Bill, Sex!

Huff Radio | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics


Huff Radio

The economy, touted as recovering, continues to be a jobless recovery: unemployment is at 9.8%. Arianna says Larry Summers and Obama's economic advisors are the problem, not the solution.

Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

The Defenses to the Polanski Arrest Are Irrelevant

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Entertainment


Judge H. Lee Sarokin

The argument that Polanski should not be extradited on grounds of delay would mean that the fugitive who is most successful in eluding capture gains an advantage over one who is less successful.

Polanski -- I'm Confused

Jennifer Lehr | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment


Jennifer Lehr

Given Roman Polanski's history as a persecuted Jew during the Holocaust, I can understand his panicking, skipping bail and fleeing the United States. ...

Artist Rally Behind Polanski

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment


Bernard-Henri Lévy

My journal has started a petition in support of Roman Polanski. Mike Nichols, Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, Isabelle Adjani, and Diane von Furstenberg are among those who have signed on.