Archive for March, 2008
Iraq — Band of Brothers
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Movies, Politics | No Comments »
Consensus: Stop-Loss is sincere and complex, and features strong performances, but it also veers into overwrought dramatic territory and tries to cover too much ground. (Rotten Tomatoes) The logic behind the ... Read more..Iraq — No End in Sight
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Movies, Politics | No Comments »
Frank Gibney was an old Japan hand. During World War II, someone in the U.S. Navy had the singular idea that a person who had studied one foreign language could easily ... Read more..Iraq — And All Our Yesterdays Have Lighted Fools
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Politics | No Comments »
The Frontline production Bush's War can't make up its mind what it is. According to its website, either it is the definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods ... Read more..Iraq — Sensory Deprivation
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Movies, Politics | No Comments »
Many discussions of "Exposure," the Abu Ghraib article in the March 24 New Yorker, comment that authors Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris assert, The abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib was ... Read more..Iraq — Worth a Thousand Words
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Politics | No Comments »
Just as American's attitudes toward the Vietnam War changed once they began to see battle scenes on their evening newscasts, so too have images focused and clarified opposition to the ... Read more..Asylum — A San Francisco Story (5)
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
Simon ran up the street. Noticing that his feet pounded hollowly on the wooden sidewalk, he moved out into the road. Tiny puffs of dust rose behind him at every ... Read more..Flying a New Kind of Flag
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Politics, San Francisco | No Comments »
Americans periodically protest the human rights record of the People's Republic of China. The moon must be in the proper phase right now --- it's looking rather fat & pregnant ... Read more..Asylum — A San Francisco Story (4)
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
Soldiers ran in all directions. Amid the confusion, Simon entered the barracks that adjoined the guardhouse. He made his way to the compartment where his clothes were kept and drew ... Read more..MediaWatch — Elephant Walk
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco | No Comments »
There's an old movie called "Elephant Walk," in which Colonial tea planter John Wiley, visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth and ... Read more..Asylum — A San Francisco Story (3)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
Boatloads of soldiers searched the bay until dark, but Rob's body was never found. As the older and more experienced swimmer, Simon blamed himself for the young man's death. He ... Read more..