Guns, Rum, & Loot
Protection of personal property rights has always posed a problem: How does the owner of property persuade a non-owner to honor his right to that …
Liberty for Everyone
It’s hard to write about Bill Bradford specifically, because Bill was always more interested in others than he was in himself. He was the consummate …
Jargon Good, Oil Bad
“Syriana” is about big government and big business and oil deals and terrorism. It’s about spies and counter-spies and loyalty and betrayal. It’s about suicide …
Play it Again
“Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox, 2005, 136 minutes), the recent biopic about Johnny Cash, walks a fine line between greatness and imitation. It’s a …
Can’t We All Just Get Along
“The Kingdom” is yet another political thriller set in the Middle East, deter- mined to convince audiences that we are all the same beneath our …