Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Bridge State) wants to subsidize set top conversion boxes once broadcast TV goes all digital.

Want to clean up in ’06? Update the “Contract with America” to emphasize health care or a living wage instead of reforming unemployment, keep the language about balanced budgets, and point to 4 years of surpluses under Clinton. Simplifying the tax code would be a plus. Especially go after the folks who initially supported term limits…

The whole thing about “Power Corrupts” is probably understated. 40 years of the DNC, and the GOP creates a mirror image of the 80’s and Tip O’Neal in a decade. The upside? It’s making it easier to think about voting for Lieberman next year…

What drives a director to think that a stage play would make a good movie? that a book would make a good stage play? If it’s done right I like to think it’s because the story can be told more thoroughly or take on new meaning in a different mediem. Unfortunately, The Sisters — based on a Chekov book then adapted for stage — seems to have only been made because the director wanted to capture a “just ok” stage play on the big screen. There are good performances from Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric McCormack and Rip Torn but in the end the only people who will enjoy this film are theatre addicts.