December 03, 2006

Review: Stranger Than Fiction

By Kevin Rollins With Stranger Than Fiction, Will Ferrell may well escape his typical role as jester and move to be taken as a serious actor after his genuine performance as Harold Crick, a befuddled IRS auditor who finds out...
Posted by KevinRollins at 05:30 PM

September 23, 2006

An Inspirational Reading List

by Richard A. Cheatham, Press Media Group, LLC There’s an old saying that you can tell a lot about a person by looking at the books in his library. No doubt that’s very true. If you were to closely examine...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:49 AM

June 20, 2006

Review: A Remarkable Man

Written, Produced, and Directed by Dave Hendrickson Reviewed by Robert Capozzi Truth may well be stranger than fiction, but it can also be more inspirational as well. Documentary auteur Dave Hendrickson proves just that with his campaign documentary A Remarkable...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 11:43 AM | Comments (0)

January 29, 2006

Syriana and “Oil Change”

By Matthew Bandyk Between Munich and Brokeback Mountain, theatres this holiday season had their fair share of films that inspired much debate. Another courting controversy is Syriana, directed by Stephen Gaghan, best known as the screenwriter of 2000’s Traffic, a...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:55 AM

January 16, 2006

Ayn Rand as Writing Coach

Ayn Rand: My Fiction-Writing Teacher, by Erika Holzer, is reviewed by Robert Cheeks.
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:32 AM

July 22, 2005

The Virtues of the Republic and the Follies of Man

Reclaiming the American Revolution: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy By: William J. Watkins, Jr. Palgrave Macmillan; An Independent Institute Book ISBN: 1-4039-6303-7 236 pgs., hardback Reviewed by Robert Cheeks In six short chapters, William Watkins, Jr. delineates...
Posted by KevinRollins at 03:33 PM

June 08, 2005

John Lukacs and Understanding History

Remembered Past: on History, Historians, and Historical Knowledge By John Lukacs ISI Books Wilmington, Delaware ISBN: 1-932236-27-9 922 pgs., pbk., notes, index Reviewed by Robert Cheeks "Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history." -- Lord...
Posted by KevinRollins at 05:21 PM

April 07, 2005

The Same Swill in a Different Bottle: The Era of Big Government is Not Over.

The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business as Usual? By Chris Edwards and John Samples Washington: Cato Institute Press * March 2005 ISBN: 1930865694 * 272 pages * $19.95 Reviewed by Ali Hassan Massoud Three times in...
Posted by KevinRollins at 02:46 AM

December 31, 2004

Ayn Rand Watches The Incredibles

by Steve Damerell The monolithic work of philosopher Ayn Rand's career, in the eyes of most, was Atlas Shrugged. Notwithstanding the higher literary virtues of The Fountainhead and Anthem, the 1100-page epic has come to epitomize Rand's philosophy of Objectivism,...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:58 AM

June 28, 2004

Interview: Creating the Libertarian Soundbite

Bill Winter from the Advocates for Self Government interviews former LP presidential candidate Harry Browne on his new book, Liberty A-Z: 872 Libertarian Soundbites You Can Use Right Now. Browne, an investment advisor and #1 best-selling author before turning to...
Posted by KevinRollins at 12:01 PM

June 09, 2004

Review: Restoring the Lost Constitution

Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty Randy E. Barnett Princeton University Press (2003), $32.50, 381 pages Reviewed by Francois Krodel Like an old house that has become run-down and dilapidated through neglect and abuse, the US Constitution of...
Posted by KevinRollins at 07:54 PM