Is Obama Living on Borrowed Time?
Poster for Jonathan Demme’s 2004 remake of Frankenheimer’s 1962 original, both based on Richard Condon’s book. By SHARON K. GILBERT February 6, 2008 BEFORE I BEGIN, let me state up front that I find Barack Obama to be genuine and likeable — albeit a bit naive. And, as many areContinue Reading
‘Life after People’ — TV’s Divisionist History
Screen grab from HC’s “Life after People”. By SHARON K. GILBERT January 22, 2008 LAST NIGHT, the History Channel ventured into the world of the prophetic, an odd destination for a channel dedicated to that which has already happened, but then the HC has taken some distinctly non-historic, off-road tripsContinue Reading
Banned From Church; Shunning Makes a Comeback
January 21, 2008 (WSJ) — On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at Allen Baptist Church in southwestern Michigan, Pastor Jason Burrick grabbed his cellphone and dialed 911. When a dispatcher answered, the preacher said a former congregant was in the sanctuary. “And weContinue Reading