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Let's begin with the reasons why the economic system we called socialism back in the 20th century is unlikely ever to return. Today it's a cliche to say that socialism didn't work, that it produced a society in which, as the Soviets used to joke, they pretend...
I'm a Disney whore. To all of you who think the company brainwashes children, conceals a Satanic cult, represents all that is evil in our society, I can't sympathize. Disney's like Cher - it's always around, it always comes back when it's future is looking bleak...
April 1942. A U.S. submarine is camouflaged as a German U-boat in a zany scheme to capture the Reich's Enigma code. Flouting all rules of the sea but honoring every war-epic cliche about guts under pressure, Lieut. Matthew McConaughey and his team give a demonstration of old...
Now another intellectual, Frances Fitzgerald, takes a determined run at Reagan in her new book, "Way Out There in the Blue" (Simon & Schuster, 592 pages, $30). Fitzgerald goes for the unambivalent version - a Reagan who is cheerfully, dangerously clueless, a simpleton actor who performs superbly when standing on chalk marks...
"The cliche is good pitching beats good hitting," Crockett said. "I guess we'll see how true that is this weekend. We've faced some good-hitting teams in Florida and UCLA. Anything can happen, but I think it's looking good for us."