Since the run-up to the 2008 presidential campaign has—sadly—already begun, let’s start 2007 with some myth-shattering thoughts about getting elected. The talking heads were in universal agreement that the very close and relatively close presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 demonstrated how “polarized” the voters are. In a technical sense, this is true, but not
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A bit too sentimental, this pic overindulges in action outside the ring, then finally comes into its own with the fight scenes. Still, dubious character arcs, zero romance (at least between people both alive), and an apparent disregard for circumstances developed in earlier Rocky films detract from the overall experience. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is
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Amil Imani, an ex-pat Iranian now living in the US, recently posted an interesting article to the American Thinker website. His premise is that the current theocratic and despotic rulers of Iran are not true Iranians in the sense that they do not portray the ancient traditions started by King Cyrus the Great. This Cyrus
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One definition of a leader is… A person who by force of example, talents, or other qualities plays a directing role, wields commanding influence, or has a following in any sphere of activity or thought One flaw with this definition is that this person could have a following merely BECAUSE he has been anointed as
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Two of the latest and juiciest involve Michael Richards (late of Seinfeld, and not a whole lot else) and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Richards was being heckled during a nightclub performance, and inexplicably yelled racial epithets, repeatedly, to the heckler. Videos of this incident were soon all over the Internet, along with reports that
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