Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 2.27.12 @ 12:25AM The 84th Academy Awards concluded a short time ago. The Artist won four Oscars including Best Picture while Michel Hazanavicius won Best Director, Jean Dujardin won Best Actor and Ludovic Bource won Best Original Score. I was suprised to learn Bource had [...]
Six Random Thoughts on the Presidential Race
February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By W. James Antle, III on 2.3.12 @ 4:14PM 1. Mitt Romney needs to avoid giving his critics easy ammunition. The controversies over “I like firing people” and not being concerned about the poor are totally unfair. They are also totally predictable and involve phrases it should be [...]
Thoughts on the 84th Academy Award Nominations
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 1.24.12 @ 11:53AM The Academy Award nominations just came out this morning. Of the nine films nominated, I’ve only seen Moneyball and had the same problems with it as I had with the book. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill received Best Actor and Best [...]
Thoughts on Huckabee’s GOP Forum
December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 12.4.11 @ 1:59AM Kudos to Mike Huckabee for bringing together the GOP candidates (save for Jon Huntsman) for a forum on his Fox News Channel show. Each candidate was asked an extensive set of questions by three Republican State Attorney Generals – Ken Cuccinelli [...]
Some Thoughts on “Thanks”
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Reid Smith on 11.24.11 @ 10:00AM When we say “thanks,” we offer an expression of our gratitude. The following can best be described as my humble expression on behalf of a friend who served our country — who has dedicated himself to an important cause, and one [...]
Thoughts on Natalie Wood
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 11.20.11 @ 7:59PM With much fanfare, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office reopened its investigation on Friday into the 1981 drowning of actress Natalie Wood. I still remember hearing about Wood’s disappearance and eventual demise on CBC Radio. At the time, I wasn’t familiar [...]
Debate Thoughts
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Ross Kaminsky on 10.12.11 @ 12:46PM Those of you who want to read my thoughts on all the candidates’ performances in last night’s Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate (transcript) can find them at this link. For now, however, I’d like to focus on the three front-running candidates: [...]
Thoughts on Santorum & DADT
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size AmSpecBlog By Aaron Goldstein on 9.23.11 @ 12:31PM I respectfully disagree with David N. Bass’ assertion that American soldier Steven Hill’s question concerning the status of gay and lesbian soldiers under a Republican administration was “loaded.” On the contrary, Hill’s question was quite reasonable and, as I wrote last night in my [...]
Thoughts on Obama’s “Buffett Rule”
September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size AmSpecBlog By Aaron Goldstein on 9.18.11 @ 12:56AM When I first heard that President Obama was planning to propose a “Buffett Rule” I knew it had nothing to do with parrotheads, margaritas and cheeseburgers. Obama is apparently set to propose a minimum tax for millionaires and billionaires on Monday. This shouldn’t come as a [...]
Thoughts on Pawlenty
August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AmSpecBlog By Aaron Goldstein on 8.14.11 @ 1:21PM All things considered, Tim Pawlenty did the right thing in ending his presidential bid now rather than to prolong the agony. Although he provided two terms of competent, conservative government to Minnesota, it wasn’t enough. His appeal could not translate beyond Minnesota. President Obama plays for keeps. It is [...]