Movies & TV - Oct. 22, 2007
"Rendition" falls flat
Director Gavin Hood's "Rendition" has all the makings of a great film. But it proves not to be so easy, as the product is less than the sum of its parts.
Tags: Rendition, Meryl Streep, Witherspoon, terrorism, CIA, Metwally, Gavin Hood, Extraordinary Rendition, Jame Gyllenhaal

Movies & TV - Sept. 17, 2007
A long, slow journey into "Day Night Day Night"
For a movie that's so vague on the details, "Day Night Day Night" pays a lot of attention to details. I know, that sounds contradictory, but allow me to explain.
Tags: Day Night Day Night, Loktev, Luisa Williams, terrorist, terrorism, UWM Union Cinema

Movies & TV - April 5, 2004
40 years on, "The Battle of Algiers" remains a powerful film
Italian director and screenwriter Gillo Pontocorvo's "The Battle of Algiers" is a landmark film, one of those works one often reads a lot about but rarely has the chance to see on the big screen.
Tags: Algiers, Pontecorvo, Algeria, France, Nazi, Islam, terrorism

Music - Oct. 4, 2001
Gufs' Goran helps out with emotional single
Milwaukee music cares. It always has. And, like other cities in times of need, it steps up. This week, two mainstays of Milwaukee music released a single to support the victims of the Sept. 11 tragedies. Hear it here.
Tags: gufs, goran, sept. 11, wtc, terrorism

Politics - Aug. 10, 2009
Iran Turmoil Provides Opportunity
          The supreme leader of fundamentalist Islamic Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has confirmed the legitimacy of the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He did so publicly at a prayer ceremony on Friday at Tehran University, symbolically...
Tags: Iran, Iraq, Ayatollah, Obama, Carter, Reagan, Eisenhower, Defense, Terrorism

Politics - May 28, 2009
Middle East Turmoil - Israel & the U.S.
The visit to Washington of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has been free of public acrimony. Some predicted a contentious meeting with President Barack Obama given the particularly hard-line personality of the Israeli leader. Instead, Netanyahu has emphasized support for an independen...
Tags: U.S., foreign policy, Obama, Israel, Netanyahyu, Palestinians, terrorism

Politics - April 7, 2009
Koreas North & South, and the UN
             Considerable public attention, and no little controversy, has attended statements related to both North Korea and South Korea in the past few days, underscoring the global strategic importance of that Northeast Asia peninsul...
Tags: politics, korea, un, diplomacy, military, security, war, terrorism

Politics - Oct. 21, 2008
Ontario Border Crossing's Terroristic-Style Attacks Aimed at Women
TRICK OR JAY TREATY?  CANADA BORDER ASSAULTS REMIND INDIGENOUS WOMEN OF OLD INDIAN STORYrepost--I am sorry, but I am unaware of the author, but feel this is worthy of posting. Photo taken by yours truly, in, violin playing maverick John Losinecki's garden on Weil St., in Milwaukee.MNN.&...
Tags: Feminism, Women suffering in modern age, Barbara Meyer-Spidell, Ontario, Terrorism, Woman, Nation Organization of Women

Politics - June 22, 2008
A Supreme Mistake
(The following appears in the Crossroads section of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sunday, June 22.)The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing Guantanamo detainees to challenge their imprisonment in civilian court should make Americans nervous. The 5-4 decision demonstrated that the court w...
Tags: Supreme Court, terrorism, Guantanamo