Charles Durning, (1923- 2012), R.I.P., Dances Out Doin’ The Sidestep

Before he began his acting career, Durning served with distinction during WWII. He was amongst the first wave of American soldiers to storm Omaha Beach on D-Day. Durning also fought in the Battle of the Bulge in which he was one of only three American soldiers to survive the Malmedy massacre. Durning earned three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for his service.

Dreams From My Real Father

Now that it has been established that a candidate’s teenage years help define the man to come, it might be time to take a new look at the adolescent Obama and his then-mentor, the late Frank Marshall Davis.

I would guess that not one Obama voter out of one hundred could identify Davis by name, and I doubt if one media person out of a thousand has read his memoir, Livin’ the Blues. This is unfortunate on any number of levels. For one, Davis’s book captures the ebb and flow of 20th-century black American life as well as any ever written.

“Hollywood Hypocrites” by Jason Matera

Jason Mattera, 28, is a New York Times bestselling author, the youngest editor of a national periodical, Human Events, and the host of “The Jason Mattera Show” on News Talk Radio 77 WABC in New York.

Mattera’s brand-new book, Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama’s Biggest Backers (Simon & Schuster) is already creating buzz. Mark Levin hailed Hollywood Hypocrites as “eye-popping, exhaustively, researched, and absolutely hilarious” and the late Andrew Breitbart called it a “barrage of body blows to Hollywood’s holier-than-thou limousine liberals.”

The Real “Iron Lady”

Reading about Meryl Streep’s preparation to act in “The Iron Lady” could lead one to believe that the real Margaret Thatcher was difficult to understand.

But if you go back to the dark days Britain faced in the late 1970s when she became prime minister, it’s really not that hard.

Vox Populi: Are all of you completely crazy?!

Hi. My name is Jim Garvin. I’m just an average guy. I own part of a small business, and I’ve been listening to all these crazy debates and statesments from the President and various Party leaders about the deficit and these kinds of things…and I just thought that maybe I could post this video and say a couple things that I think need to be said…and ask a couple of questions. The first question is “Are all of you completely crazy?!”