US Elections

  • Last week I had the privilege to interview Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards. Ferne Pearlstein is a prize-winning cinematographer, writer, director, and editor whose work has won numerous awards and been screened and broadcast around the world. Her most recent documentary, The Last Laugh-which she directed, produced, photographed, and edited-had its world premiere at the

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  • Anyone who reads my blogs knows I try to stay away from current politics as much as possible. But sometimes I have to speak out. I believe in everyone’s right in freedom of expression, but that will need to go hand in hand with an equal amount of responsibility. When I saw the amount of

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  • On September 23, 1944, Roosevelt opened the 1944 presidential campaign in Washington, D.C., speaking at a dinner with the International Teamsters Union. The half-hour speech was also broadcast on all U.S. radio networks.In the speech, Roosevelt attacked Republican opponents in Congress and detailed their attacks on him. Late in the speech, Roosevelt addressed Republican charges that he had accidentally left Fala behind on

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  • Some people think that 2016 must have been the most bizarre year in US politics.But they’d be wrong. 175 years ago 1841 was the year where there were 3 serving us Presidents. Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American politician who served as the eighth President of the United

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