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Yesterday we watched the 1970 Sophia Loren wartime drama Sunflower which I had high hopes for, but found myself just as disappointed as the characters in the movie itself. Sunflower is a story about reconciliation, both between people and nations, but meanders to the finish line with no reconciliation at either level. While I was … Read more
Call me biased, but I happen to be a fan of the American system, and time has proven it to be reliable and resilient. However, it has one extremely serious point of failure that has only grown worse with time. I will explain, and use the 1986 American animated film An American Tail to illustrate what I mean.
I read liberal claptrap on social media, and they almost invariably start their blather with “I’m sure Putin won’t use nukes,” and they say it with the absolute confidence of a psychic. Aside from being stupid, it’s not their fault. This is the result of decades of propaganda. Every schoolboy knows about Mutually Assured Destruction. … Read more
Today I jumped on Foreign Policy Review to talk about the Biden administration’s “target fixation” on Ukraine, the Trojan Horse of “civil rights” NGOs, how corruption in Russia compares with the USA, and how people today perceive Lenin and Stalin. And of course, what I think of the latest SBU drama with Gonzalo Lira.
The biopic about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir premiered at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival and is scheduled for release in the USA later this month. I of course cannot render full judgement until seeing the full movie, but the theatrical trailer is crammed with every Biden 2024 talking point, so let’s start with those.