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...balloon. It was hard not to be impressed by the expertise of the intercutting (archive footage, staged demonstrations and fictional interviews), by the seamlessness of the photo-realism and photoshopping. But this cleverness inevitably drew attention to itself and away from the subject. Those members of the film-savvy crowd who stayed afterward for a chat session with Range and co-writer Simon Finch asked as many questions about how'd-ja-do-it as about why'd-ja-make-it. They were more impressed by the medium than by the message...
From his roots as a comedy writer to political pundit, radio host, best-selling author and, of course, Bill O'Reilly's longstanding bte noire, Al Franken has had many different roles. His latest: the subject of a low-budget indie documentary, God Spoke, rolling out in theaters this week. TIME's Jeffrey Ressner talked to the loquacious liberal just hours before Franken dashed off to a Democratic National Committee event...
Moreover, the fallout from the war has deprived all of us of the liberty and privacy we once took for granted in the bubble. Now Lamont and Widener are subject to surveillance under the PATRIOT Act. Some student activists are being watched by the Pentagon. And a journalism student recently uncovered “Project Strike Back,” in which the FBI mined hundreds of students’ financial aid records...
...nowhere to be elected Governor of a somewhat bedraggled Southern state. He may be an affront to the local establishment, but he has a real feel for populist discontent and the ability to turn that inchoate unhappiness into a potent political force. He's also an irresistible subject for the media, ever avid for gaudy and enigmatic political figures capable of adding a touch of color to a scene that is generally painted in the gray tones of compromise. The fellow has his weaknesses, especially for fast women. And there is that little problem of impeachment to be surmounted...
...committee, and John McCain, the party's front-runner for the 2008 Presidential campaign. The third, Graham, is the youngest and most conservative. But his role may be the crucial one. As the Senate's only serving judge advocate general in the armed forces, he carries authority on the subject of military trials and he has made it clear that he will oppose any attempt by either party to turn what he calls the "legal infrastructure of the war on terror" into a campaign device...