McCarthyism of the 50’s is alive and well in this country. Shortsighted politicians. Modern marketing techniques. The abuse of media as a bully stick and policy management tool.

This movie is about TV newsman Edward R. Murrow who nearly singlehandedly stood up to McCarthy and contributed greatly to his downfall.

Its a good reminder movie of the things that have happened in this country. Its short and sweet. Worth watching by people who are somewhat politically aware or at least curious.

The view of the Israel and Iraq conflicts has been pretty one sided but the view of the other side is pretty poorly understood. This movie attempts to relieve some of that dichotomy and its pretty interesting for it.

Basically, its 20 hours surrounding the lives of two friends who volunteer for a suicide mission that gets botched. Certainly a riveting subject. Some insight into the people who surround these fairly believable people. The mother. The potential love interest. The people who convince those without hope that the best option is a kamikaze mission. All of them make for a very watchable movie.

I do hesitate. The movie kind of skims over the hopelessness that would drive one to such an act - but I don’t think it does it on purpose.  I kind of wanted the movie to explain that to me better - which was the draw for watching it in the first place.

Either way, a well filmed and excellently acted movie on a very complicated subject.  Worth watching.

This is a small utility that solves a problem I’ve had for years. I can’t believe I never thought of this.

How many times a day do I go drilling down umpteen levels of folders. Literally hundreds. Sometimes, I totally forget where I was going or what I was doing and then go do something totally different - leaving a task totally unfinished.

So, this utility adds on to windows explorer. You double click anywhere in windows explorer and you get a list of folders that you manage. Then click on the folder and it immediately opens. No drilling, no fuss no muss.

Free for home use.  Cheap for office. See it here. http://www.codesector.com/directfolders.php