This blog by Michael Yon has received much attention in the last couple days, including stories from the Star Tribune and Powerline. If you want real Ernie Pyle type war reporting, Yon seems to be the only game in town.
In war related news, it seems Cindy Sheehan thinks those trying to kill Americans are the real freedom fighters. You can read about it here and here. This opinion ought to remove her from respectable debate, but I suppose it won't. Michael Moore once compared the terrorists who kill American soldiers and Iraqi civilians to the Minutemen of the American Revolution. And then he was given a place of honor at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Last night I watched Michael Moore Hates America, a film by Michael Wilson from Minnesota. What an amazing documentary. The title is misleading. The film is partially about Wilson's attempt to both show the dishonest way in which Michael Moore makes "documentaries" and also to get an interview with Moore himself (which never happens). But something funny happened on the way to bashing Michael Moore. Wilson starts to question himself, even the title of his movie. By saying "Michael Moore Hates America" is he poisoning the nation's rhetoric with the same kind of vitriol that Moore spews? There are two points where he does serious on camera soul searching about his own documentary methods. The film ends up being a celebration of American freedom and the opportunity it represents and attacks the cynics and conspiracy theorists of the left (Michael Moore) and right (David Horowitz, in a disturbing on camera appearance). As Wilson travels around America to talk to many of the subjects of Moore's own films, Wilson discovers an essential goodness and optimism in the American soul. This film turns out to be an antidote to cynicism. And hey, it got two thumbs up from Ebert and Roper. Warning: Wilson spends considerable time talking to Penn Gillette of Penn and Teller, and Mr. Gillette has a very foul mouth. So the downside is that this very hopeful film about America can't be shown to children.
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