With three different candidates winning the first three contests, the Republicans have established that the race to their party’s presidential nomination will not be decided early in the process. While the lesser lights (Cain, Bachmann, Huntsman, and Perry) have all bowed out, four intrepid souls are still very much in the game as the […]
Archives for January 2012
Not Exactly Counter-Insurgency: Marines Desecrate Enemy Corpses
At the end of the long opening scene of Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film, “Saving Private Ryan,” American troops gun down German soldiers who have attempted to surrender. The Germans had earlier in the long scene (depicting the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach) killed hundreds of the American GIs as they began their assault. […]
The Pre-Season Forecast: Can the Republicans Really Blow It?
In baseball talk, the presidential campaign is in the spring training part of the season. That part of the year follows the “hot stove league,” when teams make trades and sign players while fans and reporters have fun assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each team. We’re well past the campaign “hot stove […]
Preparing for the Oscars: Two Films that Are Receiving Attention
Every year at about this time, movie-goers are bombarded with ads promoting supposed Oscar-worthy films. At least a dozen are now getting significant attention in the press as possible nominees for the major awards. It’s enough to make a person seeking an evening’s entertainment at a movie theater wonder how to choose, especially with […]