American Literary Cinema
Emily Woodward
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Congress Wages PR War on Terror
As a D.C.-based reporter for Defense News, I have had the opportunity to cover the "other" antiterror campaign being waged, far from the caves of Afghanistan, high on Capitol Hill. Here are my observations on U.S. congressional leaders' efforts to improve the United States' media profile in the Arab world. Needless ...
First off, I ask that you please excuse the recent inactivity of this topic. I have been extremely busy in recent weeks with work and personal matters. As a resident of the D.C. area, with many friends and relatives in and around New York City, I also have been preoccupied by ...
A tribute to late movie critic Pauline Kael, who passed away September 3 at age 82.
A former science nerd examines the other types of chemical reactions, which long escaped her.
As the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush mounts its own frighteningly funny exercise in missile defense, I am taking a look back at when the liberals had the last laugh in war.
George Carlin: Comic Critic for Our Times (Part Two of Two)
Like him or loathe him, George Carlin has been one of America's most distinctive humorists for more than 30 years. Read what
my pal Jeffrey Deutsch has to say about him.
George Carlin: Comic Critic for Our Times (Part One of Two)
Like him or loathe him, George Carlin has been one of America's most distinctive humorists for more than 30 years. Read what my pal Jeffrey Deutsch has to say about him.
50s-era America may not appear to have much in common with the sorrow and tribulations of the Biblical Job story...unless seen through the late poet Archibald MacLeish's jaundiced eye.
Memories Offscreen (Part Three of Three)
A semi-fictional account of growing up addicted to movies in the 1930s.
Memories Offscreen (Part Two of Three)
A semi-fictional acccount of growing up addicted to movies in the 1930s.