Issues of America today.
Commentaries by James
L. Hirsen, J.D., Ph.D.
Articles listed from oldest to most
recent:
I. Hollywood / Media
- Charlton Heston's New Exodus
- Heat on Hollywood
- Lay Off Mel Gibson
- Savage Attack
- Tim Robbins & Free Speech
- Sorry Chicks
- Critics Used Stolen Copy of Gibson's 'Passion'
- Mel Gibson's 'Passion' Shakes Up Hollywood
- Clooney and Carville to Bash Republicans on HBO
- Foreign Policy 'Expert' Streisand Rails at Bush and Rice
- Response to Frank Rich
- Alec Baldwin's Potshot
- Bloody Disney
- Runaway Agenda
- Flimflam Film Scam
- Barbra Streisand Defends CBS's Reagan Rip
- 'The Human Stain' This Generation's Race Film?
- Virtual Hate Crime Against Mel Gibson
- Looking Through 'Shattered Glass'
- Schwarzenegger Gets Buffeted
- Hollywood Heroics
- Tim Robbins' Theatre of the Absurd
- 'Cold Mountain' of Awards?
- Charlize Theron Goes to Bat for 'Monster'
- Hollywood Stars Walk as Prosecutors Target Rush
- Left Coast Troops Invade Iowa and New Hampshire
- U.N. Gets Intellectual With Carmen Electra
- Dennis Miller: Why I 'Ascended' to the Right
- Political Punk Wars
- Step forward, Hollywood's prize twerps
- Lost in Hypocrisy
- The Hybrid Fad
- Champagne Socialist
- Janet Jackson's Disney Malfunction
- Can't Get Moore Opposite
- '60 Minutes' of Don Hewitt Bias
- Kick the Cannes
- Sean Penn's Political Painting
- The Day After Seeing "The Day After Tomorrow"
- Moore Love from Hollywood
- Bogus Headlines and Revisionist Flicks
- Fahrenheit Facade
- Katie Couric's Bad Air Day
- Hollywood Assault on the Fox News Channel
- The Emmys Veer Left
- Will Ferrell ACTs Up
- Dr. Laura's Empowering Book
- MoveOn Moves In On the First Amendment
- Reverse Blacklisting
- What's Hollywood Up To?
- Fox Tops the Broadcast Bigs
- Excusing Rather
- Dan Rather's Blue Dress
- Rather Boosters
- Team America Trounces the Left
- Hollywood Aftermath
- 'Kinsey' Attire
- 'Alexander' the Grate
- Celebrities Spouting Red State Wisdom?
- Year-End Oscar Buzz
- Oscar Musings
- Culture Buzz
- Celebrity Responsibility
- Vintage Hollywood Whine
- Hookers, Homeless and Hollywood
- Hollywood's Subversive Seven
- Gibson's Artistic Passion
- 'Hotel Rwanda'
- Gibson Wins People's Choice Award for Favorite Film Drama
- Why 'The Passion of the Christ' Is Being Ignored
- 'Winn-Dixie' a Winner
- Classless Oscars
- Nostalgic for Stalin
- Jane Fonda's Selective Memory
- 'Sin City' Shows How Far We've Fallen
- Digital Cleanup of Hollywood
- 'Kingdom of Heaven' Truth in Limbo
- Dems Get PBS Investigated for Conservative Bias
- Will Warren Beatty Run Against Arnold?
- Tom Cruise in Shrink Wars
- Did Fame Play a Part in the Michael Jackson Verdict?
- Bidding for Runaway Bride
- 'War of the Worlds' Review
- Will 'The Da Vinci Code' Movie Be Anti-Christian?
- 'Fantastic Four' Scores Despite Critics' Attacks
- SEC Investigating DreamWorks
- Life on ‘The Island'
- ABC Producer Bares Hollywood Bias
- Hirsen Reviews ‘The Great Raid'
- 'Hollywood Nation' Newsroom
- George Clooney Goes Oscar Hunting with Joe McCarthy
- Jane Fonda Hits the Anti-war Road
- Michael Moore Politicizes Katrina
- Hollywood Fantasizes About Hillary
- Stars and Swipes
- Schwarzenegger Riles the Left and Warren Beatty
- George Clooney's McCarthy Movie
- Celebrity Preaching and Teaching
- Barbra Streisand's Impeachment Fantasy
- Hirsen Reviews 'Jarhead'
- Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame: The Movie
- Justice Was Delivered in the Robert Blake Case
- 'Syriana' is George Clooney's Terrorist Treat
- Purchasing Cable TV à la Carte
- Behind the DreamWorks Sale
- John McCain's Celebrity Triangulation
- Spielberg's ‘Munich' Peace Plan
- 2006 Trends in Entertainment
- Oscar Indicators
- Gayety at the Golden Globes
- Hollyweird Happenings
- Oprah Backs Away From James Frey
- Hollywood Acts for the U.N.
- Bono's Lobbyist Lecture Circuit
- Bush Blamed for Armstrong-Crow Breakup
- Actor Gary Sinise: Positive Support for Iraq
- Richard Dreyfuss: No Liberal?
- Oscar Outrage
- Oscar Blinks
- Osama bin Laden's Niece to Star in Reality Show
- Jessica Simpson 'Loves' W
- Dixie Chicks Try Comeback Through Controversy
- HBO Movie and the Illegal Alien Protests
- Hirsen Reviews 'United 93'
- Neil Young's Falsetto Impeachment
- "American Dreamz" Is Not Serious
- Legally Speaking, Rush Won Big Time
- Andy Garcia Flambés Fidel
- Poll: 'Commander in Chief' Paves Way for Female President
- Hollywood Craze: Baby Before Marriage
- Hirsen on 'Da Vinci': Where Did The Story Go?
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Rule Namibia
- Al Gore's Messianic Movie
- Streisand Out of Retirement
- Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon's Hollywood Hunger Strike
- Oliver Stone Shines on 'World Trade Center'
- Bush's 'American Idol' Summit
- Mel Gibson's Apology Not Enough for ADL
- The Politics of Michael Moore's Film Fest
- JonBenet and the Hollywoodization of the News
- Female Fans Turned Off by Tom Cruise
- This Weekend's Movies: To Go or Not to Go?
- 'Hollywoodland' and Others – Go or No Go?
- Bono Moves to Holland to Avoid Taxes
- NBC's Double Standard
- Bob Woodward's Tabloid Tendencies
- Tax the Celebrity Rich
- Christian Dad Not Told Truth About Madonna
- Media Use Rush as a Distraction From the Facts
- NBC's 'Dateline' in Another Controversy
- O.J. Schemes for Profit
- Michael Richards Chases Healing
- Mel Gibson's ‘Apocalypto' Fresh and Ferocious
- A Review of 'The Pursuit of Happyness'
- Hollywood's Top 10 Political Stories
- Angelina Jolie and Madonna
- Hollywood Rebuffs Hillary, Embraces Obama
- Hollywood's Revolving Rehab Door
- Study: Real Men Like Chick Flicks
- The Media's Mormon Fixation
- A ‘Judge Larry Show' in the Wings?
- Michael Moore Attacked From the Left
- Anna Nicole Smith Legal Analysis
- Howard Stern Plots Against ‘American Idol'
- Phil Spector Prosecutor Seeks to Exclude Movie Scenes
- Unfairness of the Fairness Doctrine
- Courtroom Showdowns for Baldwin and Spector
- Prison Break for Paris Hilton?
- Michael Moore at It Again
- That's 'Advertainment'
- Hillary Flirts With Hollywood
- Diary of a Mad Hilton?
- NBC Shows the Love for Rosie and Gore
- Michael Moore's ‘Sicko' Stunts
- Paris Hilton and Checkbook Journalism
- No Pulse in ‘Sicko'
- Jennifer Anniston, Madonna Offer Tips
- Hollywood Child Labor Abuse
- Study: 87% Say Celebs Over-Covered in Media
- China Bans ‘Rush Hour 3'
- More Anti-war, Anti-U.S. Movies
- Rosario Dawson Finds Her Film ‘Horrifying’
- ‘Heroes’ Actress Ali Larter Gets Real
- O.J. Simpson in Court Again
- Stephen Colbert Gets Sued
- Bruce Springsteen Sways to the Left
- Nicole Kidman’s Faith Shifts ‘Golden Compass’ Needle
- Jimmy Kimmel Gets Rush Limbaugh Treatment
- ‘Saw IV’: Incredibly Sick Content
- Redford’s ‘Lions for Lambs’ Penned by Clinton White House Intern
- Politicians Weigh in on Hollywood Writers’ Strike
- Hollywood Celebrities Hide Conservative Views
- Barack Obama’s Oprah Card
- ‘Charlie Wilson's War’ Credits Democrat With Cold War End
- David Letterman Makes Deal
- Tom Cruise Makes Pact With Writers
- Disney Disses Striking Writers
- Oliver Stone to Direct Bush Biopic
- Jessica Simpson and Celebrity Superstition
- Hollywood Bucks Back Obama
- ‘Britney Law’ Proposed in L.A.
- Britney Spears Files a Civil Rights Lawsuit
- Hillary Cries Out to Hollywood
- Will Hollywood Trial Hurt Hillary?
- Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest Clash
- Paris Hilton, Role Model?
- Charlton Heston: Larger Than Life
- Clooney's Endorsement Dilemma
- Rob Lowe Charged With Sexual Abuse
- Why Wesley Snipes Got the Maximum
- Tom Hanks Compares Obama to Reagan
- Schwarzenegger Tries to Halt ‘Ugly Betty’ Move to N.Y.
II. Moral
- Paying Your Dues and the Right to Refuse
- Carnal Knowledge and Misguided Empathy
- Hillary-Care, the Sequel
- Limiting Funding for the Arts: Censorship or Good Sense?
- Mere Thanksgiving
- Parents and the Cardinal Virtues
- The Compartmentalized President
- The Incredible Shrinking Parent
- The Killing Fields of Childhood
- We're Sorry
- The Theft of Outrage
- Checks, Balances and the Nature of Man
- A Virtuous Society and the Value of Life
- QUOTES worth pondering.
- The Lethal Loophole: When do Constitutional Rights Begin?
- License to Bleed
- Eminempty
- The New Player-Haters
- The Antidepressant Connection
- The Regression of Free Expression
- The Castro Con
- Not a Pretty Picture Show
- The Vanishing American Male
- The Importance of Fathers
- Cruel and Unusual Programming
- Who's the Victor in the Stem Cell Debate?
- Stemming the Tide
- Thank you, Gary Condit
- We Control the Vertical
- No Victory in Torture
- Andrea Yates in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Mind Bytes: Digital Devil
- Can Michael J. Fox Be Cured Without Destroying Human Life?
- Carbon Offsets and Guilt Relief
- Atheism Becomes Trendy
- Holocaust Book a Fake
III. Spiritual
- Earth Day and Human Evil
- Justice, Mercy and Reverend Graham
- The Acceptable Persecution
- 9/11 The Winds of Evil
- Words of Wisdom From the Presidential Pulpit
IV. Political
- Just Who is Out of Control Here?
- Rush Limbaugh, Esq.
- Starr Power
- The Dirty Dozen: Questions that Deserve an Answer
- The Nation's CEO
- The Compartmentalized President
- Prejudice from the White House
- The Hidden Power of the Presidency
- Are There Holes in the Polls?
- Dornan's Challenge; Privileges of Citizenship
- Executive Privilege (Right or Ruse)?
- Government Gatekeepers Come After the Internet
- One Hard Working President
- A Defect in the White House
- SUPPORT HR 265 Restore separation of powers between Congress and President.
- A Primary Blunder
- Lott, the Stealth Accomplice
- Elian and the Clinton Rule of Opposites
- A Never Ending Litany of Shame
- Communism: What We Must Know
- The Lieberman Effect
- Prying Eyes, Part Two
- Executive Orders and the Presidential Campaign
- The Black Hole of Al Gore's Soul
- Election Theft 101
- Gorespeak
- Peggy Noonan's Call to Arms
- Constitutional Rescue
- No Regrets for Florida Legislature
- The Church of Tolerance
- Faith-Based Initiatives?
- Campaign Finance Reform and Gun Control: Partners in Pretense
- The I'm with Stupid Excuse
- Campaign Finance Reform School
- Rough Weather Ahead for Condit
- The Condit Games
- Bill Simon, a Reagan Republican, as California's Next Governor?
- Campaign Finance Made Simple
- Conservatives Are California Dreamin'
- Campaign Finance and the Fifth Estate
- Davis - Oracle of Denial
- Dems: Desperately Seeking Division
- Blue-Ribbon Reruns
- New Jersey Banana Republic
- Zero Lott Line
- Words of Wisdom From the Presidential Pulpit
- Howard Dean, Take 1
- Dennis Miller Is Just Right for Bush Campaign
- Wesley 'Queeg' Clark
- Recall Endgame
- Gray Davis Gropes for Votes
- Davis' Dirty Deeds
- Bush-Bashing Hysteria
- Savage Exposes 'The Enemy Within'
- Savage: Schools Are America's Battleground
- Little-Known Facts About the Democrat Primary
- Memo Madness
- Nashville Dems Take On Sean Hannity
- Dem Flower Duet
- 'Stolen Honor' Tenders Truth
- Kerry Media No-Nos
- Keys to a Hillary White House
- The Hunting of Tom DeLay
- Let Internet Freedom Ring
- George Soros and Howard Dean Conspire With Media
- The Democrats' Conservative Strategy
- Bill Clinton Cookin' With Rachael Ray
- Left-Wing Pressures Fox News Advertisers
- Oprah's A-List Obama Fundraiser
- Party of the Rich Includes Democrats
- Obama Erodes Hillary's Lead
V. National
- A Darker Shade of Gray
- Clinton's New War
- Sovereignty 101
- Affirmative Action that Works
- Communist Gun Control
- A Judge's Attempt at Redacting America
- Clinton To Register Guns By Executive Order (by Kent Snyder)
- Stripping the Power from Renegade Courts
- The Great Pretenders of the USA
- TAKE THE DEFENSE QUIZ!
- Energy Wars
- A Peace Plan for the Drug War
- Purveyors of Paranoia
- Timothy McVeigh and Due Process
- What's Next for McVeigh?
- Last Straw for the FBI
- The Birth Certificate of America
- Shamnesty
- Automated Justice
- Law, Morality and Our Nation's Self-defense
- Democrats' Amazing Disgrace
- Resurrection of the West
- Clash of the Cultures
- The HBO Lewinsky
- A Wartime State of the Union
- Enron Under the Big Top
- Mind Bytes on the Pledge of Allegiance
- The Raw Material of Freedom
- The Gephardt Express
- Mind Bytes on Reparations
- The Stem Cell Scam
- Mitt Romney Exposes Stem Cell Duplicity
- Stanford's Stem Cell Mouseketeer
- Michael Savage: Conservatism Is a 'Tsunami'
- Is Jon Stewart Hurting Democrats?
- Senator Orrin Hatch Hip-Hops to the Rescue
VI. International
- Chain Reaction: Kosovo Fallout Hits Asia
- Cold War Relics
- Fueling the Nuclear Dragon:
America Bargains Away National Security - So Now the UN Is Attacking Welfare Reform?
- A Castro Christmas
- Ain't No Waggin' this Dog
- United Nations, Inspect Yourself
- Unlawful Warfare
- The Strong Scent of Tyranny
- The Beijing Pilgrimage
- UN Don'ts and Dues
- Sovereignty Falters at the Open Border
- No Pseudo-Peace in the Middle East
- From Russia to Iran with Love ... From Al
- A Global Court of Injustice
- A Legal Look at China's Sorry Demand
- Facing the Dragon
- UN in Your Face
- Global Moms and Kofi Annan
- The Long Tentacles of Treaties
- American Sovereignty: Indispensable or Disposable?
- A New Level of Infamy
- War Already Declared
- Of Patron States and Terrorist Plans
- War - It's Not Politically Correct
- No Truth in Terror
- The 100% Solution
- Poison Pen Pals
- The Arrest and Trial of Osama bin Laden
- War Denial
- ABM Treaty Withdrawal
- Mind Bytes: The Crisis in Israel
- Reading Between the Lies
- Saudi Blood Money
- From Kashmir to Eternity
- The Pakistani Connection
- Enemy Combatants and the Constitution
- 6 Ways to Lose a War
- Red Dawn for the Green Summit
- Bruce Herschensohn on China, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Israel
- Kofi's Choice
- The North Korean Deception
- Haitian Hangover
- Cyber Stupidity
- Truth or Consequences for Saddam
- Anti-war Doom and Gloom
- Adieu to Pepe Le Pew
- Iraq: Terror Nation
- Iraq's Minister of Lies
- The Hezbollah Version of History
VII. Legal
- Courting a Global Judiciary
- Suicide Watch: A Study in Contradictions
- Judicial Restraint and Megan's Law
- Legislation without Representation
- The Alternative - J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t
- Presidential Usurpation Study (Bill Olson's report)
- Truth, Civil Justice and the American Way
- Bad Judgment Calls from Courtrooms to Newsrooms
- Judicial Malfeasance
- Supreme Revisionism
- Executive Sabotage
- Aftermath of Executive Sabotage
- The Hilla-Reno Test
- OBL-DOA?
- Military Tribunals - The Necessary Option
- Tali Boy or Traitor Man?
- Murder by Canine
- The Forgotten Amendment
- O.J.-Style Justice for Blake?
- Subverting the Courts
- The Many Trials of Muhammad and Malvo
- Court Fiction
- FCC Ch-Ch-Changes
- Accused Child Molester Goes to Disney World
- Possible Legal Woes for New York Times
VIII. Education
IX. Economic & 1999's Y2K
Copyright © 1999-2008
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James L. Hirsen, J.D., Ph.D.
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