Directed by Frank Capra. Featuring James Stewart, Jean Arthur & Claude Rains. Change begins when naive young Jefferson Smith is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. Stunned by shabby schemes unearthed at every turn. Mr. Smith mounts  a revolution against his state’s…

Directed by Charles Laughton. Featuring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters & Lillian Gish Halloween is around the corner, so brace yourself for “one of the most haunted and dreamlike of all American films (Time Out). The only film ever directed by legendary actor Charles Laughton, this…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_m2N5Ak2os In this wild political satire, corrupt California. senator Jay Bulworth hires an assassin to do him in, only to find himself free from spouting mindless political slogans. The results are anarchic!  Warren Beatty produced, directed and plays Bulworth.   “Made me laugh and wince”—Roger Ebert,…

Ray McGovern, Retired CIA Officer “Allegations keep cropping up in the press that CIA alumni are undermining the Bush/Cheney administration. In at least one sense, I suppose, this is true. For when an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking…

Photograph © Sean D. Elliot “Can you be fully committed to changing the world and change diapers at the same time? Can you be a nonviolent revolutionary and a present, loving role model for your children?” As part of our speaker series during our Americans…