Author: Tamara Louris

Taking Chance

Taking Chance

Posted by | Sep 2, 2012 | , , |

  When one falls, another brings him home.   Anyone who has ever attended a military funeral is well aware that ceremony and honor saturate the sorrowful occasion–and rightly so. But many have no knowledge of the tender ministrations shown those KIA, and sacred duty of accompanying the fallen to their home and final resting place. Taking Chance tells the amazing story of one such journey. One night USMC Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl (masterfully played by Kevin Bacon) saw the name of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps amongst those killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Having served in Desert Storm,...

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“Evelyn”

“Evelyn”

Posted by | Sep 2, 2012 | , , |

10 years ago December I happened to see a small, indie film, Evelyn, produced by Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair’s Irish Dream Time. Evelyn tells the true tale of Desmond Doyle, an Irishman abandoned by his wife, out of work, and at war with Ireland over an archaic child custody law. The lyrical and poignant film captures the beauty and poverty of 1953 Ireland. The outstanding cast includes Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea, John Lynch and Alan Bates (as the whiskey-fueled, but brilliant, rugby player turned attorney). But little Sophie Vavasseur is the real heart and show...

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Sign Up for Hillsdale College’s Constitution 201

Sign Up for Hillsdale College’s Constitution 201

Posted by | Aug 31, 2012 | |

Constitution 201:  “The Progressive Rejection of the Founding and the Rise of Bureaucratic Despotism”   Hillsdale’s Constitution 101 “The Meaning and History of the Constitution” was a superb,educational course, and now Hillsdale is taking registration for Constitution 201, which will begin September 4th, 2012. The 10 week, weekly video classes will be taught by Hillsdale President, Larry Arnn, Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West, William Morrisey, Kevin Portteus, and John Grant. The course description: “This new 10-week online course taught by Hillsdale College professors will examine American progressivism: its historical roots and principles; its rejection of America’s founding principles and Constitution; its...

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