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In Kommersant, exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky is quoted as calling for "regime change" in Russia : The Guardian of Britain relea...

This statement by Paul Wolfowitz, published in today's New York Times , means his departure from the World Bank is only matter of when ...

Turnabout is fair play. There's a mention of my film's DVD release here, so thought readers interested in DC's independent film ...

According to Jonathan S. Tobin, of The Jewish Exponent , one theme of Bernard Weinraub's play set during World War II is a dispute over ...

As Google reminded one on its homepage, today is the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's launch into space. Wikipedia entry here .

Just received this email: Dear Defenders of the Honor, Great news today: PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger this afternoon sent the Defend t...

Writes Janet Murguia in the Kansas City Star : I have admired much of Ken Burns’ work, but the exclusion of Latinos from the World War II s...

Martyn Burke's charges against PBS are reported in the Arizona Republic (ht LGF): The producer of a tax-financed documentary on Islamic...

John, the very kind manager of Potomac Video here in NW DC, has put up the 1982 one-sheet poster that last hung in front of New York City&...

In his review today, David Ng of the New York Times criticized Bernard Weinraub's "The Accomplices" saying, "Scenes unfol...

To read Charles Simonyi's blog about his space tourist trip to the International Space Station, click here : Dr. Charles Simonyi and the...

Kathleen Parker says one lesson of Britain's Iran hostage crisis is that young mothers of small children ought not be sent to war, in Th...

This year Orthodox and Western Easter fall on the same Sunday, in a rare coincidence. Wikipedia entry here : Easter, the Sunday of the Resur...

Thanks to Senator Levin making the Office of Special Plans briefing public (with some item blacked out, which makes the presentation more cr...

Wikipedia entry here: Good Friday is the Friday before Easter or Pascha. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus at Calvary. This...

Someone I know recently subscribed to The Concert Podcast from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. It's terrific. We just listened to:...

From Hispanic Vets Lose the Battle With 'The War' by John M. García and Eduardo Díaz : More than 40 interviews and 14 hours of prog...

From the American GI Forum Website : AMERICAN GI FORUM OF THE UNITED STATES RESOLUTION- PBS/Ken Burns Documentary, THE WAR WHEREAS, The Ame...

I sent the following email to the National Endowment for the Humanities about that organization's responsibility for the Ken Burns docum...

The possible Presidential candidate, actor, and former senator had his say in National Review : Ayaan Hirsi Ali can’t leave her Washington ...