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On the one hand, it reminds us of the power of cinema. It's a difficult film to watch, but it's even more difficult not to be affected by it. Yet on the other hand, "93" uses few of the tricks directors use to enhance effect. It doesn't have to -- the thing speaks for itself.

Not to build up expectations or anything, but one has to assume that the newly designated White House press secretary has something good up his sleeve. Surely he is not leaving his gigs at Fox News and on the lecture circuit just to come and suffer the same painful fate as Scott McClellan.

There's a reason that most antiquated of institutions, the British royal family, manages to survive in spite of all its problems. And the reason is that it's able to regenerate itself, regaining endangered legitimacy. Proof of its regenerative capacity is found in the willingness of Prince Charles' two sons to join the British Army during wartime. Prince William, 23, and Prince Harry, 21, stepped forward to put on their country's uniform, putting themselves in harm's way. That's good news for the House of Windsor -- and provides a lesson for other would-be dynasts.

I have decided I want to be on the cover of Vanity Fair. Here's why, and here's how.

What words does one use to describe the story of a Christian lesbian Air Force pilot-turned-journalist-turned-Katrina-relief-activist -- a story with a distinctly faith-based "thousand points of light"-y voluntaristic orientation? Two words leap to mind: "Cholene Espinoza." I can say that after reading her fascinating and thought-provoking memoir, Through the Eye of the Storm: A Book Dedicated to Rebuilding What Katrina Washed Away