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Politics in Our Movies: From 'Mr. Smith' to 'Casino Jack'
By James Grady - Politics DailyAll across America this lame-duck congressional season, we're driving past malls or walking down Main Streets where theater marquees offer two major motion pictures "about" politics: "Casino Jack" starring Kevin Spacey and "Fair Game" starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. But the truth is, every movie is "about" politics. Every work of art creates a vision of reality and rules for that realm. Even when a movie is not a fact-driven documentary, what's on film are "people" making choices of conscience and circumstance. On some level, choice always involves politics -- and that includes the ...
Obama Attempts to 'Wag the Fox'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyMuch has been made over the Obama administration's "War on Fox," and in reading the blogs and Tweets, I notice that many conservatives have settled on the story line that Team Obama is taking a page from Saul Alinsky's manifesto "Rules for Radicals." Alinksy, a left-wing community organizer and author, advised his acolytes to "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. In conflict tactics there are certain rules that [should be regarded] as universalities. One is that the opposition must be singled out as the target and 'frozen.' " ...
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