In ‘Lady,’ friends grapple over controversial war Nov 4, 2009
Where Lady is most potent, in fact, is not in its articulation of the antiwar view or even its framing of arguments about the morality of war, but in its exploration of the bonds - twisted, frayed, resilient, strangely hard to escape - of friendship. Moreover, under the able direction of David J. Miller, these characters prove to have shadings that are not immediately apparent. (Boston Globe)
DVD Review: The Fog of War by Errol... Aug 7, 2009
The film's structure is defined by McNamara's 11 "Lessons of War," which serve as starting points for anecdotes, explanations and philosophical monologues about the morality of war, or the lack thereof. Cuban Missile Crisis Detailed by Insider. (Suite101.com)
Pam Adams: McNamara's war failures well-known, successes on racial issues not Jul 10, 2009
With McNamara, there is no second act, no chance of redemption - despite his painful, public grappling with the morality of war, despite his attempts to ease international poverty and disarm the nukes, despite what he said in a 1982 speech in apartheid South Africa. America's "century of delay in moving end our shameful discrimination toward black Americans," he said, "was without question the most serious mistake in our history, and the hard truth is that all Americans will continue to (pay) a... (Medfield Press, MA)
Morality, memory and Memorial Day May 25, 2009
So it is up to us to engage in honest and careful reflection about the morality of war. Lies and partial truths do not provide a fitting memorial for heroes who died in defense of liberty. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Romp celebrates the art of making love, not war Mar 14, 2009
"Men, in my experience, seem far more tested by the morality of a woman than they do by the morality of war," she observes at one dinner party, while at another table she plays sexual innuendo with her food, much to the alarm of her distraught chaperone. Jaivin's style is a contemporary picaresque pastiche, a mix of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones and the journeying of Homer's Odyssey, as the roguish Morrison wanders from one place and contretemps to another, only to be challenged in sexual roguery... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
