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...that absolute media independence, like politics, stops at the water's edge. Advocates of media collaboration with the government like to point to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the major news media held back reports that might have affected negotiations. They conveniently omit, of course, that if the media hadn't shown the same deference when they knew the Bay of Pigs invasion was coming, they might have averted that fiasco and helped the U.S.-Cuba-USSR relationship that eventually led up to the missile crisis. Besides, as much as readers and viewers hate an aggressive media that seems...
...Actually, I think all of my films are basically the same at heart. I think Spy Kids definitely reflects my own particular sense of humor, as well as my love for gadgets and toys. In fact, if you hadn't seen any of my movies, I'd actually tell you to see Spy Kids first, because it would probably give you a better sense of what I'm about and the kind of comedy that's at work in my other films. Because really, when you get right down to it, what do you have in Desperado? A bunch...
Rule one in politics: No matter how grim your defeat, smile and paint it as a victory. The Senate hadn't even finished voting on Bush's budget and tax cut on Friday when the stampede began for the Capitol's radio and TV studio...
...Senate began debating campaign-finance reform last week, the only safe bet was that things would soon get ugly. But by the second day, even that bet was off. And by Friday, astonishingly enough, the bill, which McCain co-authored with Democrat Russell Feingold, hadn't been killed--or even altered all that much--after a week in which an amendment was offered roughly every three hours. Just as unexpected was what did happen--something the Senate hasn't seen much of on any issue: a substantive, thoughtful and generally amicable debate. The kind the framers intended...
Last week President Bush found himself addressing both those countries for real, and the words and gestures he used seemed designed to show that the candidate hadn't been kidding. In response to the February arrest of alleged spy Robert Hanssen, Bush ordered nearly 50 Russians out of the U.S., setting off a round of tit-for-tat expulsions not seen since the mid-'80s. In talks with China's Vice Premier, Qian Qichen, he bluntly said Washington would sell whatever arms it chose to Taiwan, whether Beijing liked it or not. Bush and his advisers seemed downright eager...