Heston passed away April 5. His movie career is in no need of description. My favorite performance of his was perhaps in Welles' masterpiece, Touch of Evil. TCM will undoubtedly shortly run a marathon of his movies. Don't miss Ben Hur, Soylent Green, and the rest of his oeuvre. Ted Keer(Read more...)
THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
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"Behind the darkened Sears Tower was the city of Chicago, with lights shining brightly as far as the eye could see. For one hour the Sears Tower knew what it was like to be Al Gore: A larger than life symbol, blocking our view of reality."
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A California appellate court just ruled parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their children, as the purpose of schooling is to train kids in "loyalty to the state." Does that give you pause? It should. [I thought that this goes all too well Dwyer's recent Commie Dearest entry] (Read more...)
Commie Dearest Posted by William Dwyer on 4/02, 10:50pm
by K. Lloyd Billingsley Editorial Director, Pacific Research Institute SACRAMENTO — Today the Senate Education Committee holds a hearing on SB 1322, which allows members of the Communist Party USA to teach and hold meetings in California’s public schools. This measure, authored by state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, a s...(Read more...)
"I must take my revenge with the sword of Islam," the puppet-child says, stabbing the Bush puppet several times in the chest and ignoring pleas of "I repent, just don't kill me" — and an invitation to a toy-filled White House.
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Author Neal Stephenson is releasing a new book in September. It's about a person who has lived most of their life in a highly structured, collectivist society. However, bit by bit, they discover new, and formerly forbidden, ideas about the world beyond this restrictive society. Believe it or not, the title is An...(Read more...)
Evidence (from this article) against the orthodox "lipid" hypothesis of heart disease: "The study tested whether Vytorin was better than Zocor alone at limiting plaque buildup in the arteries of 720 people with super high cholesterol because of a gene disorder. The results show the drug had "no result — z...(Read more...)
