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Veterans Day 2011
This year Veterans Day fell on the once-in-a-century date of 11/11/11 and WND asked me to cover the Veteran Defenders of America rally in Washington, D.C. The story, co-authored by Bob Unruh, a WND editor, is here: Hope? Vets say not until Obama leaves http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=366957#ixzz1dYkK2KOz. Few pictures were used, so I’ve made a little photo [...]
Young man’s humbling gratitude for freedom
Who, pray tell, is that thoughtful young man? His name is Jon Syster, a writer and fundraiser for our wounded military men. And what’s so extraordinary about that? Begin with this article in Westlake Magazine: http://www.westlakemagazine.com/source/index.html#/./26. So what keeps him going? Here’s what Jon says: “As with everyone my life experiences have been a journey [...]
Glenn Beck crowd: Not so white as advertised
Yours truly reported from Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally on August 28. It was ENORMOUS – probably 500,000 people. Al Sharpton had announced he would lead “progressive” protesters to the Lincoln Memorial and “reclaim the dream” of Martin Luther King. To the best of my knowledge, no one spotted him there. After all, Alveda King, [...]
Aug. 11 Washington launch for ‘Sellout’ book on faith, race, politics
CONTACT: Jay Collins Libertas Global Partners Jay@libertasglobal.com 703-896-0131 What would you do if you realized that what you believe and what you practice don’t line up? This was the question facing Ron Miller, author of the new book SELLOUT: Musings from Uncle Tom’s Porch, once he left home and began to ponder the values with [...]
Singer’s warning: We’re ‘Takin’ Back Our Country’
‘It’s about us standing together as Americans’ July 29, 2010 12:40 am Eastern By Anita Crane © 2010 WorldNetDaily In many ways, Joyce Shaffer is the quintessential country singer. She grew up as the ninth child of a dirt-poor sharecropper, then married young and raised her children amid tremendous hardship. Nevertheless, Shaffer found joy in the beauty [...]
Ron Miller challenges black Americans in ‘Sellout’
Updated Aug. 10, 2010 Black conservative Ron Miller’s gutsy new book Sellout: Musings from Uncle Tom’s Porch couldn’t be more timely as the NAACP and other liberals are charging the Tea Parties with racism and – in the wake of President Obama’s election, no less – Shirley Sherrod’s husband Charles claims that black people can [...]
In ‘Hurt Locker’ realism is the special effect
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal talk about their movie Today, The Hurt Locker expands from Los Angeles and New York City to more cities around the United States. From beginning to end, it is an eye-opening, teeth-clenching thriller about a U.S. Army bomb squad, formally classified as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). Jim O’Neil, executive director [...]
Gary Sinise and ‘Brothers at War’
Here’s the story published by National Catholic Register: War, Family and Faith Gary Sinise and Filmmakers Reveal Faith BY ANITA CRANE, REGISTER CORRESPONDENT March 15-21, 2009 Issue | Posted 3/6/09 at 7:04 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. — Behind the new film Brothers at War, which was scheduled to open in theaters March 13, are two [...]
The woman behind ‘An American Carol’
By Anita Crane Published 10/3/2008 12:08:42 AM Myrna Sokoloff and David Zucker. If you couldn’t stomach the thought of seeing Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs or Brian De Palma’s Redacted, consider treating yourself to An American Carol, which opens in movie theaters today. This gutsy satire by David Zucker challenges Michael Moore, Rosie O’Donnell, Barack [...]
