Goodwill from Angelina Jolie

I was incredibly pleased and surprised to read this editorial by Angelina Jolie in the Washington Post. It is surprisingly balanced, reasoned and thoughtful. I suspect her views on Bush and the war are similar to most of those coming out of Hollywood and the left, but she is able to move beyond ideological rhetoric and address the reality of the situation as it is today.

I've been bemoaning the fact that my recent postings haven't had much to do with "common ground". Thanks Angelina for being a credit to your Goodwill Ambassador role and giving me something like this to post about.

Madmen and the madmen who love them

Can someone please explain the love affair between actors and Hugo Chaves?

I'm frankly surprised that I haven't seen images of Hollywood actors kissing up to this guy. Perhaps its because somewhere in their ego-addled brains they realize that if it weren't for the might of the U.S. military they hate so much their freedom to bite the hand that feeds them would come to a rather abrupt end and they'd probably be left, quite literally, hanging out to dry.