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Robert S. McNamara is widely regarded as one of the most reviled figures in the last century of American politics. His tenure as Secretary of Defense led him to make some of the crucial decisions in the major crises of the twentieth century. This documentary shows the making of war through his eyes, from the Cuban Missile Crisis through the Vietnam War. The documentary, directed by genre master Errol Morris (Fast, Cheap and Out of Control) utilizes frank White House tapes, startling surreal images, and an extraordinary Philip Glass score to engross an audience that may otherwise have little interest...
...kind of horrifying kitsch,” he recalls. “I used it in the book as an example of how attitudes towards violence have changed over the twentieth century. The idea is that you can die for your country and you are really happy. You get to clutch a sexy angel. Nowadays, we [think of] Saving Private Ryan... there is a general repugnance towards...
Depending on how you count them, Educated Guess is Ani Difranco’s twentieth album in less than 15 years. This is her first entirely solo record and the result is an album that takes Difranco’s trenchant, self-revelatory style and folds it over onto itself, producing music so intimate it would be uncomfortable, were it not for Difranco’s wry delivery. Spoken word poetry is woven into the album, giving it the feel of an open-mic coffeeshop after everyone else has gone home. Politics is unsurprisingly omnipresent, ranging from the subtle...
Caro is widely regarded as one of the most compelling biographers of the twentieth century. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes, and each of his books has been a bestseller. His Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum drew hundreds of people, and every audience member who spoke expressed his or her tremendous admiration of his work...
...twentieth minute, Westfall slipped a ball to senior striker Alisa Sato behind the defense, but Brown managed to poke the ball away, conceding a corner...