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[19 Aug 2010 | 13 Comments | ]

I love the film “Chicago” and sometimes when I want to watch something with superb music and a great cast, this is the film I watch. John C. Reilly‘s rendition of “Cellophane” is like old vaudeville with a hint of Charlie Chaplin. Fabulous!
—cher

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[15 Oct 2009 | 22 Comments | ]

In 1988 Willie Horton became known in almost every household. Horton was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in Massachusetts. At the time, Mass. Governor Michael Dukakis was running for president. There was a commercial showing Horton going through a prison turnstile for release on a weekend furlough, and it was the death knell for the Dukakis campaign. Ads can be the make-or-break deal, not only in campaigns but on issues. I have to wonder where the ads are which would put faces to the stories of …

Politics »

[1 Oct 2009 | 16 Comments | ]

Chicago is burning with violence but the Obamas want the 2016 Olympics there. Can the flames be doused by then?
Debra Winger is one of the Hollywood celebs ranting that Polanski be set free. She is a Hollywood has-been and he is a roman candle that needs to face the law.
General Stanley McChrystal is making the talk show circuit. Is it proper to go over the Commander in Chief and express policy issues on 6o Minutes?
“Bring out ya dead!” Parents are refusing to get basic immunizations as well as flu shots …

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