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...unclear in the film). The man gives new meaning to F. Scott Fitzgerald's notion that the test of a good mind is the ability to hold two contradictory thoughts simultaneously. Which says nothing about the fact that a man whose political views appear to shade toward the right-wing-crazy end of the spectrum is among Russia's most valuable assets in the secret world...
...Sauer's home country offers an intriguing case study. In Austria, voters have historically been kind to right-wing politicians. "All the signs would indicate that we should have a prohibitive law against the head scarf," says Sauer. "But it's rarely discussed. And when it is, everyone says they don't want a ban." That's because Austria officially - and legally - recognizes all religions equally. It protects the role of faith in shaping a person's identity...
...McCarthyite films of resistance would be an oversimplification of a complex history. Though he notes that the animated film version of George Orwell’s anti-communist allegory “Animal Farm” was partially funded by the CIA, Hoberman says some studios that produced right-wing Cold War films were just being intelligent...
...widely seen of these,” says Hoberman. “It’s one of those things that if you watch it ideologically you just can’t watch it,” he says, referring to the show’s frequently observed right-wing stance. “But it’s hard not to be charmed by it. It’s such a lunatic premise...
...giving speeches than he did as a talk-show host - especially for a network that often didn't pay his back salary. But he had been startled to learn that 21% of Americans got most of their news from talk radio, which at the time was overwhelmingly right-wing. "I didn't want to sit on the sidelines," he said today, "and I believed Air America could make a difference...