“Are movie critics that out of touch with the public? Is that necessarily bad? And if so, should average moviegoers or Oscar voters pay any attention to this deluge of critical voting, rehashing and listmaking?” Read more. (via Romanesko’s MediaNews)

For those anti-war types who keep insisting on proof that there is a connection between Saddam and Al-Qaeda, I offer William Safire’s latest: On Sept. 24, 2001, I reported: “The clear link between the terrorist in hiding [Osama] and the terrorist in power [Saddam] can be found in Kurdistan, that northern portion of Iraq protected… Continue reading

The Boston Herald’s Howie Carr, without a doubt the best and, by the way, the most feared political columnist in New England, continues to demonstrate why he merits that distinction with every column he writes. The column he penned this past Wednesday is a perfect example as Carr packed it with much inside news and… Continue reading

Is the storm that overwhelmed Cardinal Law now turning its ‘eye’ toward Southie? Howie Carr thinks so.