On November 20, 2009, Sarah Palin visited Columbus, Ohio as part of her book signing tour for “Going Rogue.” When her supporters were asked questions about why they thought she should be president, this is the substance, or lack there of, they offered. Of course there are uninformed Obama supporters too, but no other American [...]

This is the promotional introduction to a documentary entitled “IN GOD’S NAME”, a CBS special produced in partnership with French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet. The film explores some of the most complex questions of our time and does so via the intimate thoughts of 12 of the world’s most influential spiritual leaders. Listening to the challenges [...]

Muslims are all too often referred to as being radical, but some Muslims are referring to one of their own in such a manner these days. Hamza Yusuf, born Mark Hanson in Washington State in 1960, is an Islamic scholar and professor currently lecturing in California. Yusuf offers a more tolerant and open-minded perspective of Islam and one with which some conservative Muslims strongly disagree.  Famously [...]

Israel once again demonstrated its lack of concern and disinterest in international sentiment, when on November 17th they announced their plans to move ahead with additional settlement building in the West Bank. The area of Gilo, which has been occupied since 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality, has now been slotted for nearly 1000 new homes. Shortly after Barack Obama was [...]

Actor and former boxer Mickey Rourke burst onto the film landscape in the early eighties, with a look, a style and tremendous ability to act that made all stand up and take notice. After head turning performances in “Diner” and “Rumble Fish”, many began calling him the next James Dean; some even compared him to [...]

Mickey Rourke’s cameo in “The Pledge” is what a cameo is all about; a small scene which is unforgettable, but doesn’t take the focus of the film  away from the story at hand. Rourke manages to convey an entire tragic tale in just a few lines. Emanating a plethora of emotions in only seconds, the viewer is left mesmerized. For [...]

On March 5th 2009 Michael Jackson held what turned out to be his last press conference.  After more than 3 months of rehearsals in the Los Angeles Staples Center and only eight days from returning to London to begin his series of 50 sold out shows, Jackson died on June 25th. How it happened still remains [...]

Few issues can bring the Arab and Western World together these days. Religious, cultural and social differences, both perceived and real, run amuck - each region’s respective media doing its very best to manipulate all concerned. Every once in awhile, an event occurs that brings the base level humanity of all of us to the surface of our being. [...]

By now, we all know the story.  The Bush administration’s claim that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction was used as a pretense for invading Iraq.  To quote  former President Bush directly: “Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agents. Evidence indicates that Iraq is [...]

Religious radicalism is often attributed to the East. Brain-washing, extremism, indoctrination, marginalization of others, and learned hatred are time and again used to describe religions like Islam, amongst others, by the West. Extremism, however, is not indigenous to the Middle East. This is a clip from the highly controversial documentary “Jesus Camp,” a chilling reminder of how the [...]