| GREENWALD: THE BEST FILMS I SAW LAST YEAR — PART ONE Old and new ...
In December, Hollywood releases close to two-dozen movies — from dumbed down family films, to high profile action and adventure pix, to serious, Oscar-hopeful dramas, to quirky independent pictures. Critics rush to see them all, up to two or three a day in special critics-only screenings. They write hurried reviews of the good and bad, and then figure out where the movies fit into their end-of-year top-10 lists. It's exhausting.Me, I just see the movies I want, and I don't limit myself to new releases. Instead, I take in new, old, silent, classic, foreign and independent films in theaters, on cable and on DVD. Some new films I miss, usually because they're playing in a handful of "selected" cities, which means "selected to play nowhere near where you live." If I miss one of those pictures, I'll catch up with it eventually in theaters or on DVD.My annual "best of" columns run this week and next.
On the Whiteside building, athletic coaches’ pay scales, civil ...
Since moving to Corvallis five years ago, I continue to be amazed at the no-growth, anti-business attitude of local government and activists.The Whiteside Theatre is just one more example of the lunacy that has impacted or delayed Corvallis High School, Home Depot, Ninth Street retail development and multiple other projects in the city.It is highly unlikely Susan Morre and her "Friends of the Whiteside" group will ever present any economically viable plan for the theater. (In case they haven't noticed, theaters aren't all that profitable these days.)So instead of a more vibrant downtown with revenue-generating, tax-paying businesses, the city will be left with a dilapidated piece of history that eventually will have to be destroyed.Greg CampbellCorvallisInvest in education rather than athleticsI read on Jan.
Project Damned
Change of site would also save big portion of Renuka wildlife sanctuary from submerging in the dam water. The samiti had decided that until oustees do not residential and agricultural area of their choice with all basic amenities for their rehabilitation they would not vacate their villages. Yoginder Kapila, convener of the Renuka Dam Jan Sangharsh Samiti, said they had demanded that every affected family must get at least 10 bighas of agriculture land at the new settlement. He said the compensation must be decided by taking the samiti into confidence. He also warned that if their grievances were ignored they would launch an agitation. The residents of the area to be displaced from their villages had several unanswered questions in their minds regarding the security of their families and uncertainty of their future.
August 2006 Archives
Here are my random thoughts while I'm watching the VMA pre-show. Hopefully some of you are watching along and will post your comments too... 7:17: Glad Nick Lachey decided to get dressed up with his Hanes undershirt. (Is he the newest celeb in those "Look who we got our Hanes on now" ads?) But with those baby blues, does it even matter what he's wearing? Not so much. 7:18: Kurt Lowder still works for MTV? Didn't he like found that channel or something? 7:24: Marilyn Monroe , Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera arrived! I love watching the girls try to get out of the superhigh SUVs in their tight dresses. Better them than me. 7:29: Jennifer Lopez looks like a mummy -- wrapped head to toe. Truth be told, she is so glam. I could never pull most of that off.
US elections 2004
For supporters of John Kerry, who have seen allegations about the Democratic candidate's military record sap his campaign, it must have seemed like a case of just deserts.
The president, George Bush, was last week looking vulnerable on the same grounds after CBS's flagship current affairs show, 60 Minutes, broadcast a report claiming he had been suspended from pilot duties for failing to meet the required standards. It was also claimed that a commanding officer had been put under pressure to "sugar coat" Mr Bush's performance reviews.
But while CBS stands by its story, allegations have now surfaced that 60 Minutes based a large part of the report on forged documents.
Although what one man - even a presidential candidate - did more than 30 years ago can seem rather trivial, the US election is being fought between a self-declared "war president" and a man who, in stump speeches, claims he would defend his country as president in the way he had defended it as a young man.
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